Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal 795001, Manipur, India.
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Institute of Urban and Regional Sciences, GC A3, Station 18, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bioresour Technol. 2017 Oct;242:227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.02.097. Epub 2017 Feb 27.
Microalgae based research has been extensively progressed for the production of value added products and biofuels. Potential application of microalgae for biofuel is recently gained more attention for possibilities of biodiesel and other high value metabolites. However, high cost of production of biomass associated with harvesting technologies is one of the major bottleneck for commercialization of algae based industrial product. Based on the operation economics, harvesting efficiency, technological possibilities, flocculation of algal biomass is a superior method for harvesting microalgae from the growth medium. In this article, latest trends of microalgal cell harvesting through flocculation are reviewed with emphasis on current progress and prospect in environmental friendly bio-based flocculation approach. Bio-flocculation based microalgae harvesting technologies is a promising strategy for low cost microalgal biomass production for various applications.
基于微藻的研究已经广泛开展，以生产增值产品和生物燃料。微藻作为生物燃料的潜在应用最近受到了更多关注，因为它有可能生产生物柴油和其他高价值代谢物。然而，与收获技术相关的生物质生产成本高是藻类工业产品商业化的主要瓶颈之一。基于运营经济性、收获效率和技术可能性，藻细胞的絮凝是从生长介质中收获微藻的一种优越方法。本文综述了通过絮凝收获微藻的最新趋势，重点介绍了环保型生物基絮凝方法的最新进展和前景。基于生物絮凝的微藻收获技术是一种很有前途的低成本微藻生物质生产策略，可用于各种应用。
