Algal Biorefineries and the Circular Bioeconomy: Industrial Applications and Future Prospects [Paperback]

This book offers complete coverage of microalgae refineries, including biology, production techniques, biotechnological applications, economic perspectives of applications, and environmental effects of microalgae cultivation. It also summarizes the strategies and future perspectives of microalgal refineries with circular bioeconomy concepts.

Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan (OPK) is currently working as a research assistant professor at University of Houston, Texas, USA.

Sanjeet Mehariya, PhD, is working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment, Sapienza - University of Rome, Italy to produce nutraceuticals from oleaginous microalgae.

Shashi Kant Bhatia is working as an Associate Professor in Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.

Algae are mysterious and fascinating organisms that hold great potential for discovery and biotechnology.

Dr. Thierry Tonon, Department of Biology, University of York

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

In this book, we emphasise the importance of algal biotechnology as a sustainable platform to replace the conventional fossil-based economy. With this focus, Volume 2 summarizes up-to-date literature knowledge and discusses the advances in algal cultivation, genetic improvement, wastewater treatment, resource recovery, commercial operation, and technoeconomic analysis of algal biotechnology.

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• Discusses in detail recent developments in algae cultivation and biomass harvesting
• Provides an overview of genetic engineering and algal-bacteria consortia to improve producl"