Progress in microalgae culture system for biodiesel combined with reducing carbon dioxide emission

• Published in: Shengwu gongcheng xuebao Vol. 27; no. 9; p. 1268
• Main Authors: Su, Hongyang, Zhou, Xuefei, Xia, Xuefen, Sun, Zhen, Zhang, Yalei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Biodegradation, Environmental; Biofuels; Biotechnology - methods; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Cell Culture Techniques - methods; Cells, Cultured; Microalgae - growth & development; Microalgae - metabolism; Photobioreactors - microbiology; Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods; Waste Water - microbiology
• ISSN: 1000-3061

Wastewater resources, CO2 emission reduction and microalgae biodiesel are considered as current frontier fields of energy and environmental researches. In this paper, we reviewed the progress in system of microalgae culture for biodiesel production by wastewater and stack gas. Multiple factors including microalgal species, nutrition, culture methods and photobioreactor, which were crucial to the cultivation of microalgae for biodiesel production, were discussed in detail. A valuable culture system of microalgae for biodiesel production or other high value products combined with the treatment of wastewater by microalgae was put forward through the optimizations of algal species and culture technology. The culture system coupled with the treatment of wastewater, the reduction of CO2 emission with the cultivation of microalgae for biodiesel production will reduce the production cost of microalgal biofuel production and the treatment cost of wastewater simultaneously. Therefore, it would be a promising technology