Algal fuels and Bioproducts
Algae fuel or algal biofuel is a substitute for liquid fossil fuels that utilizes algae as its source of energy-rich oils. Also, algae fuels are a substitute for commonly known biofuel sources, such as corn and sugarcane. Various companies and government agencies are sponsoring efforts to reduce capital and operating costs and make algae fuel production commercially feasible. Like fossil fuel, algae fuel releases CO2 when burnt, but unlike fossil fuel, algae fuel and other biofuels only release CO2 recently withdrawn from the atmosphere via photosynthesis as the algae or plant grew. The energy crisis and the world food crisis have sparked interest in alga culture (farming algae) for making biodiesel and other biofuels utilizing land unbefitting for agriculture.
- Culturing Algae
- Harvesting and oil extraction system
- Cyanobacterial biofuels production
- Commercialization of algae biofuels
- Wastewater based algae biofuels production
- Algal biosequestration
- Advances in algal biofuel production
- Biofuels from microalgae and Microbes