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Algal Biofuels: An Economic and Effective Alternative of Fossil Fuels

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Microbial Strategies for Techno-economic Biofuel Production

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Microalgae, cyanobacteria are vital organisms for sustainable production of various value-added products, e.g. food, chemicals and biofuels are also well known to meet out high energy requirements. These organisms can be a sustainable tool for reducing our current dependency on fossil fuels with growing world populations and environmental concerns. In recent times, the huge exploitation of algae as third-generation feedstocks for producing biofuels, e.g. biodiesel, biohydrogen, bioethanol and bioethanol, are underway. The biofuels have similar combustion properties, the energy content that is present in the fossil fuels furthers their transportation, and the storage is well suited with the existing infrastructure. The metabolic and genetic engineering of algal cultures can be manipulated for the advancement in the development of promising strains to produce alternative biofuels. This chapter includes the detailed account of various aspects of biofuel production using valuable algal feedstock, such as open and closed cultivation, stock availability, intercellular components (carbohydrates and lipids, etc.), challenges and future prospective.

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Acknowledgements

PV is thankful to DBT (Grant No. BT/304/NE/TBP/2012; Grant No. BT/PR7333/PBD/26/373/2012), NB and KA are thankful to Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India.

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    Nisha Bhardwaj, Komal Agrawal & Pradeep Verma

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Bhardwaj, N., Agrawal, K., Verma, P. (2020). Algal Biofuels: An Economic and Effective Alternative of Fossil Fuels. In: Srivastava, N., Srivastava, M., Mishra, P.K., Gupta, V.K. (eds) Microbial Strategies for Techno-economic Biofuel Production. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7190-9_7

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