Sustainable Materials and Catalysis Research Laboratory (SMCRL), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2290:31-51. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1323-8_3.
Worldwide demand for ethanol alternative fuel has been emerging day by day owing to the rapid population growth and industrialization. Culturing microalgae as an alternative feedstock is anticipated to be a potentially significant approach for sustainable bioethanol biofuel production. Microalgae are abundant in nature, which grow at faster rates with a capability of storing high lipid and starch/cellulose contents inside their cells. This process offers several environmental advantages, including the effective utilization of land, good CO2 sequestration without entering into "food against fuel" dispute. This chapter focuses on the methods and processes used for the production of bioethanol biofuels from algae. Thus, it also covers significant achievements in the research and developments on algae bioethanol production, mainly including pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation of algae biomass. The processes of producing biodiesel, biogas, and hydrogen have also been discussed.
由于人口的快速增长和工业化的迅速发展，全球对乙醇替代燃料的需求与日俱增。利用微藻作为替代原料培养被认为是可持续生物乙醇生物燃料生产的一种潜在重要方法。微藻在自然界中大量存在，它们生长速度更快，并且能够在细胞内储存高含量的脂质、淀粉/纤维素。这个过程提供了几个环境优势，包括有效利用土地、良好的二氧化碳固存，而不会陷入“粮食与燃料之争”。本章重点介绍了从藻类中生产生物乙醇生物燃料的方法和工艺。因此，它还涵盖了藻类生物乙醇生产研究和开发方面的重要成果，主要包括藻类生物质的预处理、水解和发酵。还讨论了生产生物柴油、沼气和氢气的过程。
