Current application of electrical pre-treatment for enhanced microalgal biomolecules extraction

• Main Authors: Azmi, Abdul Azim, Sankaran, Revathy, Show, Pau Loke, Ling, Tau Chuan, Tao, Yang, Munawaroh, Heli Siti Halimatul, Kong, Pei San, Lee, Duu-Jong, Chang, Jo-Shu
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36777/

Pretreatment of microalgal biomass possessing rigid cell wall is a critical step for enhancing the efficiency of microalgal biorefinery. However, the conventional pretreatment processes suffer the drawbacks of complex processing steps, long processing time, low conversion efficiency and high process...