Abstract
Microalgae serve as a potential feedstock for the production of third-generation biofuel to overcome economic and environmental challenges associated with petroleum-based fuels. Microalgae offer more advantages than traditional plant-based feedstocks used for biofuel generation. Besides biodiesel, microalgae can be utilized for bio-oil, ethanol, syngas, biohydrogen, etc. production. Industrial-scale production of biodiesel and bio-oil possesses hurdle because of expensive harvesting and downstream and conversion processes. Efficient and economical techniques need to be developed for sustainable production of biofuels. The present chapter provides an overview on different culturing, harvesting, and drying methods for microalgae to be used as feedstock for biodiesel and bio-oil production. Different techniques for extraction of lipids from wet and dry biomass and various catalysts used for conversion of lipids to biodiesel and bio-oil along with their advantages and limitation are explained.
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Awathare, P. et al. (2022). Algal Biomass for Biodiesel and Bio-oil Production. In: Guldhe, A., Singh, B. (eds) Novel Feedstocks for Biofuels Production. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3582-4_5
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