Overview
- Covers existing technologies for conversion of microalgal biomass to bioenergy and biochemicals.
- Elaborates about basic as well as advanced technologies in the area of microalgal -biorefinery.
- Includes sections on transferring the laboratory/bench scale technologies to large scale application.
Part of the book series: Clean Energy Production Technologies (CEPT)
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This edited book provides an account of past, present, and future constraints in microalgae-based biorefineries, emphasizing cultivation and refining processes. The book offers an insight into the recent advancements in the technologies and methods developed microalgae-based biorefinery for bioenergy and biochemicals production. The fast depletion of fossil fuels has forced researchers to move out of reliance on fossil fuels for the industrial and energy sector’s needs. Due to its rich protein and lipid content, microalgal biomass has been considered one of the suitable substrates for the biorefinery. Microalgal production and harvesting for biofuel and chemicals is a tedious task. Several technological advances have been observed in this area, thus systematically checking the viability of technology at laboratory scale and then moving to large scale production, harvesting, extraction, processing, and characterization is the main focus of the book. This book is equally beneficial for researchers and engineers in biomass-based biorefineries or the bachelors, master, or young budding graduate students as a textbook.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Pradeep Verma is a Professor at the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, CURAJ, Ajmer, India. He worked as Associate professor and Reader-Founder Head at GGV, Bilaspur and Assam University, Silchar.He received his Ph.D. from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat and Masters and Bachelor’s from MDS University, Rajasthan. He worked as visiting scientist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany and Post-doctoral fellow at ASCR Prague, Gottingen University Germany, and RISH Kyoto University Japan. He also worked at Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai, India. His stay at Japan and Reliance life Sciences resulted in several commercialized national and International patents. He is a recipient of various prestigious awards and fellowships such as the Ron-Cockcroft award by Swedish society, UNESCO Fellow, DFG fellow, and JSPS PDF. He is a Fellow of the Mycological Society of India and Biotech Research Society of India. His area of expertise involves microbial diversity, bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic, and algal biomass-based biorefinery. He has contributed to 65 research papers, 32 book chapters, and 07 edited books. He is an editorial board member and reviewer of several prestigious high impact journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Micro-algae: Next-generation Feedstock for Biorefineries
Book Subtitle: Cultivation and Refining Processes
Editors: Pradeep Verma
Series Title: Clean Energy Production Technologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0793-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-0792-0Published: 23 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-0795-1Published: 24 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-0793-7Published: 22 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-6861
Series E-ISSN: 2662-687X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 250
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Microbiology, Biochemical Engineering, Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology