Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10216/116663
Author(s): | Helena M. Amaro Isabel Sousa Pinto Francisco Xavier Malcata Ana Catarina A. Guedes |
Title: | Microalgal fatty acids - From harvesting until extraction (Cap. 16) |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Abstract: | Microalgal biomass can be "energy rich," but the growth of algae in dilute suspension around 0.02%-0.05% dry solids is a considerable challenge in achieving a viable energy balance in a microalgal biofuel process. Many researchers consider that efficient harvesting is the major challenge of microalgal biofuel commercialization but a single method or combination of harvesting methods suited to all microalgae does not exist. Additionally, lipid extraction continues to be a significant trial even though a multitude of extraction methods, especially in what concerns the presence of residual water in the microalgal biomass; its effects on lipid extraction or the need of cell disruption are still not well understood.In this chapter, these critical points on biofuel production-biomass harvesting and dewatering, biomass pretreatment, and fatty acid extraction methods-will be discussed. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/116663 |
Source: | Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts: From Feedstock Cultivation to End-Products |
Related Information: | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia/Projetos Estratégicos/UID/EQU/00511/2013 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939/Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia/LEPABE |
Document Type: | Capítulo ou Parte de Livro |
Rights: | restrictedAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCUP - Capítulo ou Parte de Livro FEUP - Capítulo ou Parte de Livro |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
223894.pdf Restricted Access | 446.02 kB | Adobe PDF | Request a copy from the Author(s) |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.