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The Science of Algal Fuels pp 215–230Cite as

Biofuel Production from Algae Through Integrated Biorefinery

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Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ((COLE,volume 25))

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Energy is going to be one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century. High demand for energy and concern for the global climate change have forced scientists and policy makers around the world to search for new alternative renewable sources of energy. Amongst these, biofuels are generally considered to be the most safe and eco-friendly; hence, demand for biofuel has increased by several folds in the recent years. However, diversion of food crops for transportation fuel has created a food crisis in some parts of the world and also initiated a “food vs. fuel” debate. Algae have been proposed as one of the potential feedstocks for the production of biofuels and other useful products and can capture carbon dioxide in an algal biorefinery which is being discussed in this chapter.

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    Dinabandhu Sahoo, Savindra Kumar, Geetanjali Elangbam & Salam Sonia Devi

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Sahoo, D., Kumar, S., Elangbam, G., Devi, S.S. (2012). Biofuel Production from Algae Through Integrated Biorefinery. In: Gordon, R., Seckbach, J. (eds) The Science of Algal Fuels. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5110-1_12

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