Technical–economic feasibility study of the installation of biodiesel from microalgae crops in the Atacama Desert of Chile

Santander, Carlos Mario García; Robles, Pedro; Cisternas, Luís A.; Rivas, Mariella

doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.03.038

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“…The use of microalgae as a source of biofuel has become relevant, particularly for biodiesel production , which is obtained from different raw materials, mainly animal fats and vegetable oils. Nowadays, biodiesel is produced from soybean, animal fats, palm oil, waste cooking oil, and jatropha oil.…”

Section: General Aspects Of Biodiesel From Microalgaementioning

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Microalgae as a potential source for biodiesel production: techniques, methods, and other challenges

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Palacio

Juantorena

et al. 2016

Int. J. Energy Res.

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Summary This paper reviews some of the most important aspects of microalgae as a potential source for biodiesel production. Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms that can grow rapidly in a variety of environments because of their unicellular or multicellular structure depending on the species. They have the advantage of self‐reproduction using solar energy and converting it into chemical energy via photosynthesis. This process concludes a full cycle in a few days, obtaining higher lipid yields than terrestrial crops. This review shows several techniques and some methodologies used in the biodiesel production process from microalgae as well as the challenges that must be overcome for large‐scale process and in bio‐refineries. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: General Aspects Of Biodiesel From Microalgaementioning

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Microalgae as a potential source for biodiesel production: techniques, methods, and other challenges

Arenas

Palacio

Juantorena

et al. 2016

Int. J. Energy Res.

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“…This group includes species of microalgae, yeasts, bacteria and fungi, which can show lipid composition yields ranging between 40 and 70% [55]. Under adequate growing conditions, this lipid production could have biotechnological uses, such as in biofuel production [56]. This possibility is strengthened in arid zones since it is believed that environments with limited water and nutrient availability promote lipid accumulation as an adaptive strategy.…”

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Brown biotechnology: a powerful toolbox for resolving current and future challenges in the development of arid lands

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The aim of this study was to link the biotechnological advances made in arid lands, which are known as "brown biotechnology, " to the current environmental challenges facing these regions, their ecosystems and their inhabitants. We present a broad compilation of scientific evidence and technological advances developed over the past 15 years that have helped to address some of the classical constraints of arid environments, such as the development of sustainable agriculture in areas limited by water resources and low levels of organic matter in soils, including the relevant organisms and their interactions with biotic and abiotic stressors. New challenges and new opportunities related to the production of sustainable energy, versatile crops, phytoremediation, biofertilization, desalination, and the incorporation of genes into plants to improve their resistance to water scarcity and to obtain biomolecules from the organisms living in these hostile environments are also presented. To face the constant and recently extreme changes in the climate and the worrisome scarcity of natural resources successfully, issues that need to be resolved in the short and medium terms are described here.

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“…The lipid content in microalgae varies from 20 to 40% on a dry-weight basis; whereas, some microalgae have lipid contents as high as 85% [6,7]. Microalgae offer many advantages over traditional oil crop biofuels and chemicals of high value because of their properties of high lipid productivity and photosynthetic efficiency, robust environmental adaptation, failure to compete with nutrients or arable lands, rapid fixation of environmental carbon, and ease of cultivation in media similar to wastewater and other media [8]; however, the biggest obstacle to obtaining biofuels from algae is the high cost of biodiesel production from oleaginous microalgae and the need for and cost of pilot-scale studies [9,10]. Optimizing the conditions under which microalgae strains can be cultivated is crucial to creating enough lipid production to enable biofuel production on an economically significant scale [11].…”

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The impact of nitrogen starvation on the dynamics of lipid and biomass production in Scenedesmus sp.

Okçu

2019

Environmental Research and Technology

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Technical–economic feasibility study of the installation of biodiesel from microalgae crops in the Atacama Desert of Chile

Cited by 20 publications

References 41 publications

Microalgae as a potential source for biodiesel production: techniques, methods, and other challenges

Microalgae as a potential source for biodiesel production: techniques, methods, and other challenges

Brown biotechnology: a powerful toolbox for resolving current and future challenges in the development of arid lands

The impact of nitrogen starvation on the dynamics of lipid and biomass production in Scenedesmus sp.

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