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| Title |
Microalgae as Sustainable Renewable Energy Feedstock for Biofuel Production
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| Published in |
BioMed Research International, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.1155/2015/519513 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Srikanth Reddy Medipally, Fatimah Md. Yusoff, Sanjoy Banerjee, M. Shariff |
| Abstract |
The world energy crisis and increased greenhouse gas emissions have driven the search for alternative and environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. According to life cycle analysis, microalgae biofuel is identified as one of the major renewable energy sources for sustainable development, with potential to replace the fossil-based fuels. Microalgae biofuel was devoid of the major drawbacks associated with oil crops and lignocelluloses-based biofuels. Algae-based biofuels are technically and economically viable and cost competitive, require no additional lands, require minimal water use, and mitigate atmospheric CO2. However, commercial production of microalgae biodiesel is still not feasible due to the low biomass concentration and costly downstream processes. The viability of microalgae biodiesel production can be achieved by designing advanced photobioreactors, developing low cost technologies for biomass harvesting, drying, and oil extraction. Commercial production can also be accomplished by improving the genetic engineering strategies to control environmental stress conditions and by engineering metabolic pathways for high lipid production. In addition, new emerging technologies such as algal-bacterial interactions for enhancement of microalgae growth and lipid production are also explored. This review focuses mainly on the problems encountered in the commercial production of microalgae biofuels and the possible techniques to overcome these difficulties. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Egypt | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 653 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Cuba | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 643 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 118 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 100 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 84 | 13% |
| Researcher | 61 | 9% |
| Other | 23 | 4% |
| Other | 97 | 15% |
| Unknown | 170 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 126 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 80 | 12% |
| Engineering | 68 | 10% |
| Chemical Engineering | 48 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 47 | 7% |
| Other | 86 | 13% |
| Unknown | 198 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2024.
All research outputs
#6,374,015
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BioMed Research International
#1,956
of 10,759 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#69,126
of 277,456 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BioMed Research International
#86
of 414 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 10,759 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.6. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 414 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its contemporaries.