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Overcoming biological constraints to enable the exploitation of microalgae for biofuels
John G. Day,
Steve Slocombe,
Michele S. Stanley
Bioresource Technology, Volume: 109, Pages: 245 - 251
Swansea University Author: Steve Slocombe
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.033
Abstract
Microalgae have significant potential to form the basis of the next biofuel revolution. They have high growth and solar energy conversion rates. Furthermore, their osmotolerance, metabolic diversity and capacity to produce large amounts of lipids have attracted considerable interest. Although there...
| Published in: | Bioresource Technology |
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| ISSN: | 0960-8524 |
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Elsevier BV
2012
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65477 |
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Microalgae have significant potential to form the basis of the next biofuel revolution. They have high growth and solar energy conversion rates. Furthermore, their osmotolerance, metabolic diversity and capacity to produce large amounts of lipids have attracted considerable interest. Although there are a handful of commercially successful examples of the photoautotrophic mass-culture of algae, these have focused on the production of higher value products (pigments, health-foods etc.). The technical and commercial challenges to develop an economically viable process for biofuels are considerable and it will require much further R&D. In this paper the biological constraints, with a particular focus on strain selection are discussed. |
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| Keywords: |
Algal biofuels; CO2 sequestration; Intelligent screening; Lipids; Photosynthesis |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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245 |
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251 |