Quantitative Assessment of Microalgae Biomass and Lipid Stability Post-Cultivation

Quantitative Assessment of Microalgae Biomass and Lipid Stability Post-Cultivation

*Correspondence: Jason C. Quinn, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, 4130 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4130, USA e-mail: [email protected] Processing of microalgal biomass to biofuels and other products requires the removal of the culture from a well-controlled growth system to a containment or preprocessing step at non-ideal growth conditions, such as...

Attached cultivation technology of microalgae for efficient biomass feedstock production.

The potential of microalgae biofuel has not been realized because of low productivity and high costs associated with the current cultivation systems. In this paper, an attached cultivation method was introduced, in which microalgae cells grew on the surface of vertical artificial supporting material to form algal film. Multiple of the algal films were assembled in an array fashion to dilute sol...

Quantitative measurement of direct nitrous oxide emissions from microalgae cultivation.

Although numerous lifecycle assessments (LCA) of microalgae-based biofuels have suggested net reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, limited experimental data exist on direct emissions from microalgae cultivation systems. For example, nitrous oxide (N(2)O) is a potent greenhouse gas that has been detected from microalgae cultivation. However, little quantitative experimental data exist on dire...

Preliminary Environmental Assessment of the Cultivation of Microalgae Agroindustrial Residue

Microalgae are considered promising sources of raw material for biodiesel production. The cultivation of microalgae for obtaining biomass depends on several factors such as the amount of available nutrients, CO2, water, light, temperature and pH. The literature suggests the use of alternative nutrients for reducing the environmental impacts of biodiesel production from microalgae. This study ai...

Novel photobioreactor for mass cultivation of microalgae