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The research focus on renewable energy has become a necessity due to the ecological and environmental effects, and biofuels are one of the most effective substrate for existing fossil fuels. Indeed, the algae are presented as a potential source of biofuel with their several important advantages; they have a great deal of attention as a renewable alternative source of biomass for bioethanol production. One of the algae which has the potential to be developed as a raw material for bioethanol is Spirogyra alga. It has been demonstrated that Spirogyra species can accumulate high levels of polysaccharides and starch in their complex cell walls, which allows using it as a source of bioethanol production.
In this chapter we present this research work, which addresses the development of the algal biomass in the energy field. An experimental effort was extended by converting the biomass of Spirogyra alga into ethanol; the strains used in this study were collected from a natural lake in the province of Touggourt located 180 km from the center of the city of Ouargla southeast of Algeria.
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Zighmi, S., Goudjil, M.B., Bencheikh, S.E., Ladjel, S. (2018). The Valorization of the Green Alga Spirogyra’s Biomass in the Region of Ouargla-Algeria into Renewable Biofuel. In: Aloui, F., Dincer, I. (eds) Exergy for A Better Environment and Improved Sustainability 2. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62575-1_11
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