Current status and prospects of biodiesel production from microalgae

Xiaodan Wu; Rongsheng Ruan; Zhenyi Du; Yuhuan Liu

doi:10.3390/en5082667

Current status and prospects of biodiesel production from microalgae

Xiaodan Wu, Rongsheng Ruan, Zhenyi Du, Yuhuan Liu

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

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Abstract

Microalgae represent a sustainable energy source because of their high biomass productivity and ability to remove air and water born pollutants. This paper reviews the current status of production and conversion of microalgae, including the advantages of microalgae biodiesel, high density cultivation of microalgae, high-lipid content microalgae selection and metabolic control, and innovative harvesting and processing technologies. The key barriers to commercial production of microalgae biodiesel and future perspective of the technologies are also discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2667-2682
Number of pages	16
Journal	Energies
Volume	5
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en5082667
State	Published - Aug 2012

Keywords

Advanced technology
Biodiesel
High density
High lipid content
Microalgae
Processing
Sustainability

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