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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Ecofriendly Approach for Bioethanol Production from Microalgae

Authors : Pandian Prabakaran, Virumandi Pradeepa, Nagasundaram Rashiya, Sundaram Ravikumar, Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu, Gopal Selvakumar

Published in: Bioremediation and Green Technologies

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Cultivation of microalgae biomass for bioethanol production appeared as one of the potential solution to drive green and sustainable fuel production. Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganism that can grow rapidly compared to the terrestrial plants and able to accumulate high content of carbohydrate within their cells. The carbohydrate is usually stored in the form of starch, which is easier to breakdown to simple reducing sugar than lignocellulosic biomass. In the present chapter, the process route to produce bioethanol from microalgae biomass is discussed, including the cultivation strategies to enhance microalgae carbohydrate productivity, biomass pre-treatment methods, hydrolysis and fermentation process.

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Metadata
Title
Ecofriendly Approach for Bioethanol Production from Microalgae
Authors
Pandian Prabakaran
Virumandi Pradeepa
Nagasundaram Rashiya
Sundaram Ravikumar
Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu
Gopal Selvakumar
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Bioremediation and Green Technologies

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-64121-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-64122-1

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64122-1_21

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