Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products: Fundamentals and Advances in Energy, Food, Feed, Fertilizer, and Bioactive Compounds (Paperback)

Part I: Fundamentals 1. Microalgae biotechnology: A brief introduction 2. Introduction to microalgae: Morpho-physiological, structural and metabolic aspects 3. Microalgae culture collections, strain maintenance and propagation 4. Synthetic biology applied to microalgae-based processes and products

Part II: Microalgae-based processes 5. The photobioreactors engineering 6. Microalgae production systems 7. Wastewater treatment based in microalgae 8. Carbon dioxide capture and utilization using microalgae 9. Dewatering of microalgal cultures 10. Microalgae harvesting techniques 11. Extraction of biomolecules from microalgae

Part III: Microalgae-based products 12. Biogas from microalgae 13. Biodiesel from microalgae 14. Bioethanol from microalgae 15. Biohydrogen from microalgae 16. Biocrude oil from microalgae via Hydrothermal Processing 17. Microalgal single-cell protein 18. Microalgal single-cell oil 19. Microalgal biofertilizers 20. Pigments from microalgae 21. Nutritional quality and bioactive properties of proteins and peptides from microalgae 22. Bioactive polysaccharides from microalgae 23. Sterols from microalgae 24. Bioplastics from microalgae 25. UV-Screening compounds from microalgae 26. Volatile organic compounds from microalgae 27. Microalgae as enzyme biofactories 28. Novel bioactive molecules from microalgae

Part IV: Engineering approaches applied to microalgal processes and products 29. Process integration applied to microalgal-based processes 30. Process intensification applied to microalgae-based processes and products 31. Microalgal biorefineries 32. Techno-economic analysis of microalgae-based processes and products 33. Life-cycle assessment of microalgae-based processes and products 34. Exergy analysis applied to microalgae-based processes and products 35. Scale-up of microalgae-based processes