3rd Generation Biofuels: Disruptive Technologies to Enable Commercial Production

3rd Generation Biofuels: Disruptive Technologies to Enable Commercial Production is a comprehensive volume on all aspects of algal biofuels, offering the latest advances on commercial implementation. In addition to the fundamentals, the book discusses all applied aspects of 3rd Generation biofuels production, including design approaches, unit operations of the upstream and downstream biomass processing, and every potential microalgae-based energy product, including microbial fuel cells. Policy, economic, environmental and regulatory issues are addressed in a dedicated section. Finally, the book presents pilot and demonstration-scale projects for 3rd generation biofuels production in the format of a white paper.

Each chapter reviews the state-of-the-art and discusses the disruptive technological approaches that will potentially enable large-scale production, with each concluding with specific recommendations on how to achieve commercial competitiveness. This book provides readers with an invaluable reference for researchers, graduates and practitioners working in the areas of renewable energy, bioenergy and alternative fuels, and biotechnology.