Algae fuel - Wikipedia
Algae fuel, algal biofuel, or algal oil is an alternative to liquid fossil fuels that uses algae as its source of energy-rich oils. Also, algae fuels are an alternative to commonly known biofuel sources, such as corn and sugarcane.
Making Algal Biofuel Production More Efficient, Less Expensive
2014年1月10日 · Algenol has an algae strain that can produce ethanol directly, and the system can then convert remaining biomass into hydrocarbon fuels such as biodiesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. The biorefinery has helped Algenol exceed its milestone of 9,000 gallons of ethanol per acre per year at peak productivity, with an additional 1,100 gallons per acre ...
Algae biofuel: Current status and future applications
2018年7月1日 · Fuel blends with algal biofuels give positive results on combustion and emission. Commercialization of algae production can redefine the future of global energy. Government emission policies combined with research will fast-track algae biofuel.
Microalgae biofuels: illuminating the path to a sustainable future ...
2024年1月23日 · The development of microalgal biofuels is of significant importance in advancing the energy transition, alleviating food pressure, preserving the natural environment, and addressing climate change.
The Potential of Algae Biofuel as a Renewable and Sustainable
Algae biofuels have long been seen as a potential replacement for traditional fossil fuels in our energy needs, producing biofuels from algal biomass with several advantages over first- and second-generation feedstocks.
Biofuels from Algae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
2017年5月1日 · Algae fuel, also called algal fuel, oilgae, algaeoleum and third-generation biofuel, is a biofuel from algae. High oil prices, competing demands between foods and other biofuel sources and the world food crisis have ignited interest in algaculture (farming algae) for making vegetable oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogasoline, biomethanol ...
Energy 101 Video: Algae-to-Fuel - Department of Energy
But that’s exactly what Energy Department scientists and researchers are exploring right now – strategies to produce clean, renewable biofuel from algae. In this edition of our Energy 101 video series, we’re taking a behind-the-scenes look at the process for converting algae into fuel.
Advances in engineering algae for biofuel production
2022年12月1日 · This review highlights three areas of biotechnology that are key for enabling algal biofuels. High-throughput algal strain engineering enables improvements in biomass and lipid productivities for diverse algal species without a priori knowledge of gene function.
Algal biofuels can help build U.S. energy security as part of a broad national strategy to cultivate domestic energy sources. The Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) supports the development of technologies to sustainably grow and convert algae into advanced biofuels and bioproducts.
Algal biotechnology for biofuel production from strain selection …
2 天之前 · Algal biofuel production covers from algal strain selection, cultivation, biomass yield, biofuel conversion processes, process enhancement, and cost/benefit analysis. Algal strains were tested for lipid content and growth rate where its different strains like Nannochloropsis oculata and Chlorella vulgaris were subjected to test, Different cultivation systems were tested for biomass ...