The biomass and lipid productivities and the nutrient removal capacity of microalgae Nannochloropsis salina grown using …-continuous bench-scale reactors with 6% effluent loading. The highest lipid productivity of 38.7mgl−1d−1 was achieved with a 2-d …

The production of biodiesel can be accomplished using a variety of feedstock sources. Plant and microalgae based … forests can cater towards partial fulfillment of feedstock requirements for biodiesel industry. Synthesis of biodiesel from … microalgal oil has gathered immense interest and has potential to cater to the increasing feedstocks demands of the biodiesel …

lipid) is still a great challenge for a commercial biodiesel production. This is due to the difference between optimal … renewable energy sources. Liquid microalgal biofuels such as biodiesel represent a sustainable alternative to fossil energy … culture conditions required for biomass and lipid accumulation. The current study proposes a two-phase method allowing both …

Biodiesel production from microalgae is being widely developed at different scales as a potential source of renewable … lipid production, there is currently no consensus as to which species provide the highest productivity. Different species … methods for microalgae isolation and selection for traits that maybe most relevant for commercial biodiesel production. A …

study uses microscopy and chromatography to analyze the progression of lipid profile and cell structure of algal cells … shown that TAG content decreased, while DAG and FFA content increased during processing. The changes in the lipid content … nature of lipid composition in an algal culture used for biofuel production and emphasize the need to monitor changes in …

down the global climate change. Currently, a significant amount of bioethanol and biodiesel are produced as biofuels to …, and biodiesel from crop and plant oils. Production of these raw materials is competing for the limited arable land against … biodiesel from microalgae. The summary includes the descriptions of the technologies, their advantages and challenges …

hopes to solve the shortage of food crops and increase the amount of biodiesel (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester, FAME) production … along with FAME, which is produced from seed lipids. Meanwhile, lipid extracted algae (LEA) are composed of proteins …

an urgent task. Biodiesel is one of the most important bioenergy sources. According to the Mid- and Long-term Development … Plan for Renewable Energy in China, the consumption of biodiesel in China will reach 0.2 million tons in 2010 and 2 ….0million tons in 2020. However, large-scale production of biodiesel is restricted by the limited sources of raw materials …

, biodiesel and other potential liquid fuels are evaluated. Overall finding from this study suggests that to date the most … biodiesel via in situ transesterification of microalgal biomass. The real breakthrough however is expected from metabolic …