Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	04. 05. 2015
Seiten	:	105
Einband	:	Kartoniert
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
Gewicht	:	229 g
ISBN	:	9783319167299
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Autorinformation

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Cinzia Formighieri is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of California at Berkeley, where she researches genetic engineering of microbial platforms for the production of human commodities. She holds a PhD in Molecular, Industrial, and Environmental Biotechnology from the University of Verona, Italy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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1. Introduction.- 2. Introduction to biofuels: An emerging industry. 3. Exploring novel feedstocks and technologies for advanced biofuels: the promises of algae.- 4. Bio-ethanol from algae polysaccharides.- 5. Biodiesel from microalgae.- 6. Processing of algal biomass for the production of biogas and bio-oil.- 7.  Cyanobacteria as a platform for direct photosynthesis-to-fuel conversion.- 8.  Economic viability of algal biodiesel.- 9. Photosynthesis: a dynamic process.- 10. Solar-to-biomass conversion efficiency.-  11. Light Saturation of photosynthesis.- 12. Downstream biochemical reactions: carbon assimilation.- 13. Light-utilization inefficiency of wild type algal mass cultures.- 14. Genetic modification of the pigment optical density.- 15. Development of microalgae cultivation and biomass harvesting systems for biofuel production.- 16. Environmental sustainability of biofuel production from algae.- 17. Concluding remarks.

Deine Buchhandlung

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