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Microalgae based biorefinery promoting circular bioeconomy-techno economic and life-cycle analysis
Abstract
Microalgae are source of third generation biofuel having the key advantage of high lipid productivity. In recent times, biorefinery is seen as promising option to further reduce the production cost of microalgae biofuel. However, exact energy balance analysis has not been performed on important biorefinery routes. In this aspect, three biorefinery routes, all based on lipid based biorefinery route are evaluated for economical production of microalgal biofuel and valorised products. Biorefinery route 1 involves production of biodiesel, pigments, and animal feed. Biorefinery route 2 involves biogas and pigments production and two stage fermentation, and third biorefinery route involves bio-hydrogen and pigments production. Finally, the technoeconomic assessment of three biorefinery routes were reviewed, net energy savings, and life-cycle costing approaches to economize microalgal biorefinery are suggested.
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“Astaxanthin, a pigment that can be produced by Hematococcus pluvialis, can be sold for $2,500/kg (Sathasivam et al., 2019) and currently has a market potential of $200 million because of its oxidant properties (Rajesh Banu et al., 2020).”
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“Microalgae can contribute to a circular bioeconomy, producing biofuels, biohydrogen, and value-added products [3].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rajesh Banu, J., Preethi, Kavitha, S., Gunasekaran, M., & Kumar, G.
- Affiliations
- Anna University, Chennai (IN)
- Ton Duc Thang University (VN)
- Corresponding author
- Kumar, Gopalakrishnan
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 302
- Pages
- 122822
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3002927826
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 119
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 16
- FWCI
- 2.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Keywords
- microalgae, biorefinery, circular bioeconomy, third-generation biofuels, microalgal lipids, biodiesel, microalgal pigments, animal feed, biogas, two-stage fermentation, biohydrogen, techno-economic analysis, life cycle cost analysis, net energy analysis, valorization
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Costs and Cost Analysis, Lipids, Biomass, Biofuels, Microalgae
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