title: Biofuel production from microalgae as feedstock: current status and potential.
abstract: Algal biofuel has become an attractive alternative of petroleum-based fuels in the past decade. Microalgae have been proposed as a feedstock to produce biodiesel, since they are capable of mitigating CO2 emission and accumulating lipids with high productivity. This article is an overview of the updated status of biofuels, especially biodiesel production from microalgae including fundamental research, culture selection and engineering process development; it summarizes research on mathematical and life cycle modeling on algae growth and biomass production; and it updates global efforts of research and development and commercialization attempts. The major challenges are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Environment Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School , Shenzhen , P. R. China and.
authors.forename: Song-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Wen-Biao
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Ren-Jie
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D008055:Lipids; D058086:Microalgae; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D008055:Lipids; D002245:Carbon Dioxide
keywords: Biofuel; feedstock; lipid; microalgae; modeling