Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation

The search and exploitation of renewable clean energy sources have become crucial, because of the developing day by day interest for clean water and energy affected by the improvement of the economy, population, industrialization, urbanization, insufficient energy, climate abnormalities, and environ...

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Main Authors: Mustafa H.M., Hayder G., Jagaba A.H.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-266152023-05-29T17:12:49Z Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation Mustafa H.M. Hayder G. Jagaba A.H. 57217195204 56239664100 57191379686 The search and exploitation of renewable clean energy sources have become crucial, because of the developing day by day interest for clean water and energy affected by the improvement of the economy, population, industrialization, urbanization, insufficient energy, climate abnormalities, and environmental pollution. The major cause of emissions of harmful gases into the environment is due to the high utilization of petroleum derivatives. In this way, it is paramount to explore environmentally sustainable energy sources for feasible advancement, to satisfy these expanding energy demands and to secure the environment. To mitigate these global problems, academic, industrial, and governmental sectors have engaged in a lot of brainstorming and research to surmount these difficulties, which have brought a steady flow of new information in the area of cultivation of microalgae in innovative technologies including photobioreactors and high rate algal ponds. In this respect, biomass generation from aquatic plants in enriched aquatic environments like wastewater has received considerable. Therefore, this review article provides comprehensive information on recent accounts on applications of microalgae in wastewater treatment using different technologies and their potentials in feedstock generation for biofuels applications. However, in the course of this study, high rate algal ponds (HRAP) and photobioreactors were found to be a reliable system for the cultivation of microalgae and wastewater treatment. Hence, the two-step method of dewatering methods is found to be the most effective approach for microalgae cultivation for wastewater treatment and generation of algal-based feedstock, taking into account high yield potentials and economic factors such as cost of operation and energy required for large scale algal biomass processing for biofuel generations. � AMG Transcend Association. All rights reserved. Final 2023-05-29T09:12:48Z 2023-05-29T09:12:48Z 2021 Article 10.33263/BRIAC111.74317444 2-s2.0-85090372514 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85090372514&doi=10.33263%2fBRIAC111.74317444&partnerID=40&md5=628139a8525dab444be3b5588dfb6263 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26615 11 1 7431 7444 All Open Access, Bronze AMG Transcend Association Scopus
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description The search and exploitation of renewable clean energy sources have become crucial, because of the developing day by day interest for clean water and energy affected by the improvement of the economy, population, industrialization, urbanization, insufficient energy, climate abnormalities, and environmental pollution. The major cause of emissions of harmful gases into the environment is due to the high utilization of petroleum derivatives. In this way, it is paramount to explore environmentally sustainable energy sources for feasible advancement, to satisfy these expanding energy demands and to secure the environment. To mitigate these global problems, academic, industrial, and governmental sectors have engaged in a lot of brainstorming and research to surmount these difficulties, which have brought a steady flow of new information in the area of cultivation of microalgae in innovative technologies including photobioreactors and high rate algal ponds. In this respect, biomass generation from aquatic plants in enriched aquatic environments like wastewater has received considerable. Therefore, this review article provides comprehensive information on recent accounts on applications of microalgae in wastewater treatment using different technologies and their potentials in feedstock generation for biofuels applications. However, in the course of this study, high rate algal ponds (HRAP) and photobioreactors were found to be a reliable system for the cultivation of microalgae and wastewater treatment. Hence, the two-step method of dewatering methods is found to be the most effective approach for microalgae cultivation for wastewater treatment and generation of algal-based feedstock, taking into account high yield potentials and economic factors such as cost of operation and energy required for large scale algal biomass processing for biofuel generations. � AMG Transcend Association. All rights reserved.
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author Mustafa H.M.
Hayder G.
Jagaba A.H.
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Hayder G.
Jagaba A.H.
Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
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title Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
title_short Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
title_full Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
title_fullStr Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
title_full_unstemmed Microalgae: A renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
title_sort microalgae: a renewable source for wastewater treatment and feedstock supply for biofuel generation
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