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000726672 1001_ $$aFormighieri, Cinzia.$$eauthor.
000726672 24510 $$aSolar-to-fuel conversion in algae and cyanobacteria$$h[electronic resource] /$$cCinzia Formighieri.
000726672 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2015.
000726672 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 105 pages) :$$bcolor illustrations.
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000726672 4901_ $$aSpringerBriefs in environmental science,$$x2191-5547
000726672 500__ $$aIncludes index.
000726672 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000726672 5050_ $$a1. Introduction -- 2. Introduction to biofuels: An emerging industry. 3. Exploring novel feedstocks and technologies for advanced biofuels: the promises of algae -- 4. Bio-ethanol from algae polysaccharides -- 5. Biodiesel from microalgae -- 6. Processing of algal biomass for the production of biogas and bio-oil -- 7. Cyanobacteria as a platform for direct photosynthesis-to-fuel conversion -- 8. Economic viability of algal biodiesel -- 9. Photosynthesis: a dynamic process -- 10. Solar-to-biomass conversion efficiency -- 11. Light Saturation of photosynthesis -- 12. Downstream biochemical reactions: carbon assimilation -- 13. Light-utilization inefficiency of wild type algal mass cultures -- 14. Genetic modification of the pigment optical density -- 15. Development of microalgae cultivation and biomass harvesting systems for biofuel production -- 16. Environmental sustainability of biofuel production from algae -- 17. Concluding remarks.
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000726672 520__ $$aThis volume is focused on solar-to-fuel conversion using algae and cyanobacteria for advanced generation biofuels. Production of biofuels needs to rely on cheap and renewable resources, in order to be economically viable and environmentally sustainable in the long term. Solar energy is an abundant and renewable resource, and strategies for solar-to-fuel conversion have the potential to sustain our energy demands in the long term and to be carbon-dioxide neutral. First generation biofuels are those already on the market, such as bio-ethanol from sugarcane and corn starch, biodiesel from oil seed crops. However, development of a single biofuel, as efficient as it may be, would be insufficient and could not sustain the global demand for energy. The next generation of advanced biofuels explores alternative feedstocks and technologies, finding novel solar-to-fuel solutions. Algae and cyanobacteria can convert sunlight into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis. They represent an alternative with respect to crops for solar-to-fuel conversion that does not compete with food for arable land. This SpringerBrief focuses only on solar-to-fuel conversion for production of advanced biofuels, pointing to the importance of relying on the sun for our sustainability in the long term. It is the only current publication to discuss the problem of light-utilization inefficiency during mass cultivation of micro-algae. This review also addresses the potential of cyanobacteria for the generation of direct photosynthesis-to-fuel platforms and discusses both possibilities and constraints for future developments.
000726672 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 24, 2015).
000726672 650_0 $$aAlgal biofuels.
000726672 650_0 $$aBiomass conversion.
000726672 650_0 $$aMicrobial fuel cells.
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