Ashish Bhatnagar

TL;DR: Preliminary growth studies indicated both fresh water and marine algae showed good growth in wastewaters, and further studies on anaerobic digestion and thermochemical liquefaction are required to make this consortium approach economically viable for producing algae biofuels.

TL;DR: This study evaluated mixotrophic growth potential of native microalgae in media supplemented with different organic carbon substrates and wastewaters and found that the consortia of Chlamydomonas–Chlorella and Scenedesmus– Chlorella were the best for PLE and untreated wastewater respectively, while a combination all three strains was suitable for both Ple and wastewater.

TL;DR: The results indicated that Chlorella vulgaris grew better at elevated CO2 level at 30°C, albeit with lesser efficiencies at higher temperatures, as well as differential responses of the alga, assessed in terms of NaH14CO3 uptake and carbonic anhydrase activity, to increases in temperature.

TL;DR: The studied parameters indicate why C. minutissima was a potential biomass builder in municipal sewage and could be used to determine which other alga(e) may serve the purpose to slash the cost of algal oil to less than $50 bbl−1.

TL;DR: Improved wastewater management with beneficial utilization will result in enhanced sustainability and enormous cost savings in industries, and the capital expenditure for polybag reactors needs to be reduced to $10 m(-2) for bioenergy/biofuel production.