Algal Biorefineries, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Volume 1: Cultivation of Cells and Products

This book reviews efforts to produce chemicals and fuels from forest and plant products, agricultural residues and more. Algae can potentially capture solar energy and atmospheric CO2; the book details needed research and legislative initiatives.

Bioreactors for Cultivation of Algae Chapter 1: Status of Algae as Vehicles for Commercial Production of Fuels and Chemicals Rakesh K. Bajpai, Mark E. Zappi, Stephen Dufreche & Ramalingam Subramaniam Chapter 2: Algal Reactor Design Based on Comprehensive Modeling of Light and Mixing Alexandra D. Holland & Joseph M. Dragavon Chapter 3: Low Cost Nutrients for Algae Cultivation Manjinger Singh & K.C. Das Chapter 4: Microalgae Bioreactors João C M Carvalho, Marcelo C. Matsudo, Raquel P. Bezerra, Lívia S. F. Camargo & Sunao Sato Chapter 5: Micro Algae in Open Raceways Ravi Kumar Ramanujan Chapter 6: High Density Outdoor Algae Culture Jiří Doucha & Karel Lívanský Algae Products Chapter 7: Mixotrophic Algae Cultivation for Energy Production and Other Applications Amarjeet Bassi, Priyanka Saxena & Ana-Maria Aguire Chapter 8: Engineering Photobiological H2-production Linda Vuorijoki, Pauli Kallio & Patrik R. Jones Chapter 9: Starch Overproduction by Means of Algae Vilém Zachleder & Irena Brányiková Chapter 10: Oil Overproduction by Means of Microalgae Pavel Přibyl, Vladislav Cepák & Vilém Zachleder Chapter 11: Commercial Products from Algae Kelly Hudek, Lawrence C. Davis, Jwan Ibbini & Larry Erickson Chapter 12: Recovery of Lipids from Algae Dheeban Chakravarthi Kannan & Vikram M Pattarkine