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Brendan Robert Gladman
Bio: Brendan Robert Gladman is an academic researcher from Monash University, Clayton campus. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supercritical fluid & Supercritical carbon dioxide. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 784 citations.
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TL;DR: The mass transfer coefficient (k) for lipid extraction under supercritical conditions was found to increase with fluid dielectric constant as well as fluid density, and decreasing temperature and increasing pressure resulted in increased lipid yields.
673 citations
TL;DR: Experimental results show that microalgal cultures harvested during a low growth rate phase (LGRP) of 0.03 d-1 allowed a higher rate of settling than those harvesting during a high growth rate phases (HGRP), even though the latter displayed a higher average differential biomass concentration.
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TL;DR: The use of high rate algal ponds (HRAPs) for nutrient removal has been in existence for some decades though the technology has not been fully harnessed for wastewater treatment as mentioned in this paper.
984 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the main advantages of using microalgae for biodiesel production are described in comparison with other available feedstocks, primarily palm oil, in terms of food security and environmental impact compared to palm oil.
Abstract: Of the three generations of biodiesel feedstocks described in this paper, food crops, non-food crops and microalgae-derived biodiesel, it was found that the third generation, microalgae, is the only source that can be sustainably developed in the future. Microalgae can be converted directly into energy, such as biodiesel, and therefore appear to be a promising source of renewable energy. This paper presents a comparison between the use of microalgae and palm oil as biodiesel feedstocks. It was found that microalgae are the more sustainable source of biodiesel in terms of food security and environmental impact compared to palm oil. The inefficiency and unsustainability of the use of food crops as a biodiesel source have increased interest in the development of microalgae species to be used as a renewable energy source. In this paper, the main advantages of using microalgae for biodiesel production are described in comparison with other available feedstocks, primarily palm oil.
951 citations
TL;DR: This study examines the principles involved in lipid extraction from microalgal cells, a crucial downstream processing step in the production of microAlgal biodiesel, and analyzes the different technological options currently available for laboratory-scale microalGal lipid extraction, with a primary focus on the prospect of organic solvent and supercritical fluid extraction.
905 citations
TL;DR: The practical problems that are facing the microalgae biofuel industry will be depicted, covering upstream to downstream activities by accessing the latest research reports and critical data analysis and several interlink solutions to the problems will be suggested with the purpose to revolutionize the entire microAlgae Biofuel industry towards long-term sustainability.
829 citations
TL;DR: The challenges and possible solutions for flocculation are overviewed, which are seen as a promising low-cost harvesting method for flocculating microalgae.
751 citations