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Biodiesel Production from Algal Biomass

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Biodiesel and bio-ethanol are two most common biofuels which can be good substitutes for diesel and gasoline, respectively. The carbon neutral nature and low pollution are the advantages of biofuels. Transesterification of fatty material is a common process to produce biodiesel. The transesterification process is well established, and scientists throughout the world are busy searching for low-cost and easily and fast producible lipid-rich biomass. The well-known raw material Jatropha was not successful due to the limited availability of wasteland and high maintenance cost. Vegetable oil and animal fat are not sufficient to fulfil the raw material demand required for biofuels. Still, now, biofuels are more costly than fossil fuels, and on the other hand, the cost of raw materials consists of 60–75% of the total biofuel cost. Second- and third-generation biofuels, such as algal biodiesel, could be a solution by reducing the cost, time, and size of production land. Growth of microalgae could be done phototrophically (open pond and closed photo bioreactor), heterotrophically, or even mixotrophically depending upon the strain and local conditions. Algal biomass has been utilized for production of biofuels and other valuable co-products. The algae biodiesel production involves two important steps. The first step is drying of algal biomass followed by extraction of lipid. Later, lipid is converted to biodiesel through transesterification. In this chapter, the benefits, effective pathways, involved complexities, and future direction of biodiesel research through algae have been discussed.

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Jana, S., Gupta, R.R. (2023). Biodiesel Production from Algal Biomass. In: Pal, D.B. (eds) Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3784-2_9

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