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Algal Bioreactors
Vol 2: Science, Engineering and Technology of Downstream Processes
- 1st Edition - November 29, 2024
- Editors: Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Mariany Costa Depra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 5 9 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 5 7 - 0
Algal Bioreactors: Science, Engineering and Technology of Downstream Processes, Volume Two, is part of a comprehensive two-volume set that provides the knowledge needed to design… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAlgal Bioreactors: Science, Engineering and Technology of Downstream Processes, Volume Two, is part of a comprehensive two-volume set that provides the knowledge needed to design, develop, and operate algal bioreactors for the production of renewable resources. Supported by critical parameters and properties, mathematical models and calculations, methods, and practical real-world case studies, readers will find everything they need to know on the upstream and downstream processes of algal bioreactors for renewable resource production.
Bringing together renowned experts in microalgal biotechnology, this book will help researchers, scientists, and engineers from academia and industry overcome barriers and advance the production of renewable resources and renewable energy from algae. Students will also find invaluable explanations of the fundamentals and key principles of algal bioreactors, making it an accessible read for students of engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, and environmental sciences.
- Presents the physical, biological, environmental, and economic parameters of downstream processes in the operation and development of algal bioreactors to produce renewable resources
- Explains the main configurations and designs of algal bioreactors, presenting recent innovations and future trends
- Integrates the scientific, engineering, technology, environmental, and economic aspects of producing renewable resources and other valuable bioproducts using algal bioreactors
- Provides real-world case studies at various scales to demonstrate the practical implementation of the various technologies and methods discussed
Students, researchers, scientists, and engineers working across a broad spectrum of fields related to renewable energy production from algae, including biotechnology, process engineering, chemical engineering, environmental science, microbiology, mycology (algae specialists). Industry engineers and practitioners actively involved in the commercial implementation and operation of bioenergy plants and biofuel production operations who are interested in using algae as a feedstock
Part I - Fundamentals of science in downstream processes for the production of renewables
1. Downstream principles in algae bioprocesses for the production of renewables
2. Importance of biological knowledge in downstream processes for the production of renewables
3. Conventional and advanced procedures in downstream processes: An overview
Part II - Engineering and technology approach to harvesting, dewatering, and drying processes for the production of renewables
4. Implementing sedimentation techniques in downstream processes in algae bioreactors
5. Advances in primary recovery for algae bioreactors: The centrifugation role
6. Current progress of filtration techniques for recovery of production of renewables
7. Conventional and alternative flotation techniques for algae harvesting
8. Recent advancement of coagulation-flocculation in downstream processes from algae bioreactors
9. Conventional drying methods to algae biomass: Their applications and recent advances
Part III – Cell rupture, extraction, and separation/purification methods of target molecules for the production of renewables
10. Effect of bead milling as pre-treatment for cell physical disruption for renewables production exploitation
11. Potential applications of high-pressure homogenization in cell algae disruption: A path for production renewables
12. Microwave pre-treatment: A promising strategy to improve the clean extraction yield of renewables
13. Algae renewable extracts: The benefits and drawbacks of ultrasound-assisted
14. Applications of pulsed electric field treatments for the enhancement of cell physical disruption for the production of renewables
15. Steam-explosion pre-treatment for algae cell disruption: A suggestion for renewable production expansion
16. The mechanisms of hydrothermal as cell thermal disruption for the production of renewables
17. Cycles of freeze-thawing as an efficient method to cell disruption
18. Osmotic shock pre-treatment: An alternative cell disruption for wet algae biomass extraction
19. Enzymatic treatment as cell biological disruption for the production of renewables
20. Surface-active agents for the disruption of algae cell walls: An alternative for lipid extraction
21. Conventional solvent extraction and alternative greener solvents – a sustainable perspective
22. Supercritical fluids as novel cell disruption procedures for the production of renewables
23. Techniques of adsorption, partition, ion-exchange and molecular exclusion for separation extracts: Chromatography approaches
24. Advances in separation by ionic strength: Ionic liquids interactions and ion-exchange chromatography purification
Part IV – Energy demand, costs, sustainability strategies, and innovations for downstream processes in the production of renewables
25. Energy demand and efficiency applied to downstream processes for the production of renewables
26. Techno-economic analysis of downstream processes in algae bioprocesses for the production of renewables
27. How can the process intensification concept and the optimization of downstream steps become algae bioprocesses more sustainable?
28. The importance of downstream processes in algae biorefinery concept
29. Recent patents and relevant innovations in technology and methods for downstream processes
1. Downstream principles in algae bioprocesses for the production of renewables
2. Importance of biological knowledge in downstream processes for the production of renewables
3. Conventional and advanced procedures in downstream processes: An overview
Part II - Engineering and technology approach to harvesting, dewatering, and drying processes for the production of renewables
4. Implementing sedimentation techniques in downstream processes in algae bioreactors
5. Advances in primary recovery for algae bioreactors: The centrifugation role
6. Current progress of filtration techniques for recovery of production of renewables
7. Conventional and alternative flotation techniques for algae harvesting
8. Recent advancement of coagulation-flocculation in downstream processes from algae bioreactors
9. Conventional drying methods to algae biomass: Their applications and recent advances
Part III – Cell rupture, extraction, and separation/purification methods of target molecules for the production of renewables
10. Effect of bead milling as pre-treatment for cell physical disruption for renewables production exploitation
11. Potential applications of high-pressure homogenization in cell algae disruption: A path for production renewables
12. Microwave pre-treatment: A promising strategy to improve the clean extraction yield of renewables
13. Algae renewable extracts: The benefits and drawbacks of ultrasound-assisted
14. Applications of pulsed electric field treatments for the enhancement of cell physical disruption for the production of renewables
15. Steam-explosion pre-treatment for algae cell disruption: A suggestion for renewable production expansion
16. The mechanisms of hydrothermal as cell thermal disruption for the production of renewables
17. Cycles of freeze-thawing as an efficient method to cell disruption
18. Osmotic shock pre-treatment: An alternative cell disruption for wet algae biomass extraction
19. Enzymatic treatment as cell biological disruption for the production of renewables
20. Surface-active agents for the disruption of algae cell walls: An alternative for lipid extraction
21. Conventional solvent extraction and alternative greener solvents – a sustainable perspective
22. Supercritical fluids as novel cell disruption procedures for the production of renewables
23. Techniques of adsorption, partition, ion-exchange and molecular exclusion for separation extracts: Chromatography approaches
24. Advances in separation by ionic strength: Ionic liquids interactions and ion-exchange chromatography purification
Part IV – Energy demand, costs, sustainability strategies, and innovations for downstream processes in the production of renewables
25. Energy demand and efficiency applied to downstream processes for the production of renewables
26. Techno-economic analysis of downstream processes in algae bioprocesses for the production of renewables
27. How can the process intensification concept and the optimization of downstream steps become algae bioprocesses more sustainable?
28. The importance of downstream processes in algae biorefinery concept
29. Recent patents and relevant innovations in technology and methods for downstream processes
- No. of pages: 510
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 29, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443140594
- eBook ISBN: 9780443140570
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Eduardo Jacob-Lopes
Prof. Eduardo Jacob-Lopes is currently associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. He has more than 18 years of teaching and research experience. He is a technical and scientific consultant of several companies, agencies, and scientific journals. He has more than 600 publications/communications and has registered 15 patents. His research interest includes biotechnology and bioengineering with emphasis on microalgal biotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, BrazilLQ
Leila Queiroz Zepka
Dr. Leila Queiroz Zepka is currently an Associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has published more than 500 scientific publications/communications, which include 10 books, 50 book chapters, 100 original research papers, 350 research communications in national and international conferences, and 12 patents. She is a member of the editorial board of 5 journals and acts as a reviewer for several national and international journals. Her research interest includes microalgal biotechnology with an emphasis on microalgae-based products.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, BrazilMC
Mariany Costa Depra
Dr. Mariany Costa Deprá is currently a researcher at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. She is a technical and scientific consultant of companies and scientific journals. With more than 100 publications/communications, her research interest includes process engineering with emphasis on sustainability metrics and indicators.
Affiliations and expertise
Food Science and Technology Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil