Algal Biotechnology

Integrated Algal Engineering for Bioenergy, Bioremediation, and Biomedical Applications

Ashfaq Ahmad, Fawzi Banat, Hanifa AlBlooshi

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780323904766
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323904360
• Topic: Ciencias físicas
• Subtopic: Energía

Algae Biotechnology: Integrated Algal Engineering for Bioenergy, Bioremediation, and Biomedical Applications covers key applications of algae for bioenergy and how to integrate the production of biofuels with environmental, nutraceutical and biomedical processes and products. The book emphasizes cost-effective biofuels production through integrated biorefinery, combining continuous processes and various algae as feedstock to produce biofuel, bioenergy and various high value biochemicals. Novel algal culturing technologies and bioprocess engineering techniques are provided for the optimization of operational approaches for commercial-scale production, as well as to reduce the overall costs. New and existing molecular methods for genetic and metabolic engineering of algae are also presented. Furthermore, methods for the optimization of existing biochemical pathways are explained, and new pathways are introduced, in order to maximize the potential for biofuels production and related nutraceutical and biomedical co-products. This book provides an ideal roadmap for bioenergy researchers and engineers who want to incorporate valuable nutraceutical and biomedical products and environmental practices into the production of biofuels. - Addresses issues faced by the bioenergy sector and how to resolve them through the integration of algal biotechnology and engineering - Provides a guide to the efficient and cost-effective production of bioenergy, while simultaneously mitigating pollution and producing valuable nutraceutical and biomedical biproducts - Covers new and emerging approaches in integrated algal biotechnology - Offers a roadmap to their application in the production of biofuels alongside nutraceutical, biomedical, and environmental processes and products

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Algal engineering for bioremediation, bioenergy production, and biomedical applications
• Chapter 2 : Microalgae biotechnology for bioremediation applications
• Chapter 3 : Bioremediation of wastewater using algae for potential renewable bioenergy cogeneration
• Chapter 4 : Microalgae for bioremediation of pesticides: Overview, challenges, and future trends
• Chapter 5 : Algae harvesting: Application of natural coagulants
• Chapter 6 : Microalgae cultivation in wastewater from agro-industries: An approach integrated for bioremediation and biomass production
• Chapter 7 : Microalgae-based systems applied to the dual purpose of waste bioremediation and bioenergy production
• Chapter 8 : Direct utilization of lipid and starch from wet microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris)
• Chapter 9 : Algae: An emerging feedstock for biofuels production
• Chapter 10 : Microalgal biofuels: A sustainable pathway for renewable energy
• Chapter 11 : Thermal treatment kinetics of microalgae for energy production
• Chapter 12 : Microalgae: The challenges from harvest to the thermal gasification
• Chapter 13 : Harnessing the potential of microalgal species Dunaliella: A biofuel and biocommodities perspective
• Chapter 14 : Algae cultivation for biomedical applications: Current scenario and future direction
• Chapter 15 : Biochemical profiling, transcriptomic analysis, and biotechnological potential of native microalgae from the Peruvian Amazon
• Chapter 16 : Algae in medicine and human health
• Chapter 17 : Microalgae biotechnology: Emerging biomedical applications
• Chapter 18 : Potential applications of the low-molecular-weight metabolome of Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau, 1892 (Cyanophyceae: Merismopediaceae)
• Chapter 19 : Microalgae potentials as bioactive phytochemicals for human's health: Novel highlights on their production, applications, and emerging analytical technologies
• Chapter 20 : Microalgae carotenoids: An overview of biomedical applications
• Chapter 21 : Diatomite-based nanoparticles: Fabrication strategies for medical applications
• Index
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