Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Bioresour Technol. 2017 Apr;229:53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.01.006. Epub 2017 Jan 10.
Microalgae have received much interest as a biofuel feedstock in response to the uprising energy crisis, climate change and depletion of natural sources. Development of microalgal biofuels from microalgae does not satisfy the economic feasibility of overwhelming capital investments and operations. Hence, high-value co-products have been produced through the extraction of a fraction of algae to improve the economics of a microalgae biorefinery. Examples of these high-value products are pigments, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and anti-oxidants, with applications in cosmetics, nutritional and pharmaceuticals industries. To promote the sustainability of this process, an innovative microalgae biorefinery structure is implemented through the production of multiple products in the form of high value products and biofuel. This review presents the current challenges in the extraction of high value products from microalgae and its integration in the biorefinery. The economic potential assessment of microalgae biorefinery was evaluated to highlight the feasibility of the process.
微藻作为生物燃料原料受到了广泛关注,以应对能源危机、气候变化和自然资源枯竭的问题。然而,从微藻中开发微藻生物燃料并不能满足巨额投资和运营的经济可行性。因此,通过提取藻类的一部分来生产高附加值的副产物,以提高微藻生物精炼厂的经济效益。这些高附加值产品的例子有色素、蛋白质、脂质、碳水化合物、维生素和抗氧化剂,应用于化妆品、营养和制药行业。为了促进这个过程的可持续性,通过以高价值产品和生物燃料的形式生产多种产品,实施了创新的微藻生物精炼厂结构。本文综述了从微藻中提取高价值产品的当前挑战及其在生物精炼厂中的整合。评估了微藻生物精炼厂的经济潜力,以突出该过程的可行性。