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A comprehensive review on cultivation and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: Environmental pollution control and future directions.

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The recent advances in microalgae cultivation and growth processes are reviewed and flocculation mechanisms are analyzed, while the characteristics that the ideal harvesting methods should have are summarized.
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This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2020-04-01. It has received 293 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental pollution & Biodiesel production.

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Dewatering of microalgal cultures : a major bottleneck to algae-based fuels

TL;DR: In this paper, various technologies currently used for dewatering microalgal cultures along with a comparative study of the performances of the different technologies are reviewed and compared, as well as a comparison of the performance of different technologies.
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Recent advances in downstream processing of microalgae lipid recovery for biofuel production.

TL;DR: The fundamental principle along with the advantages and disadvantages of various pretreatment techniques of microalgae were reviewed, and the conventional and recent advances in lipid extraction techniques from micro algae were comprehensively evaluated.
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Microalgae biomass as a sustainable source for biofuel, biochemical and biobased value-added products: An integrated biorefinery concept

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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors discuss the key steps of microalgae-based biorefinery including cultivation and harvesting, cell disruption, biofuel and value-added compound extraction along with the detailed technologies associated with each step.
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Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review

TL;DR: The various aspects associated with the design of microalgae production units are described, giving an overview of the current state of development of algae cultivation systems (photo-bioreactors and open ponds).
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Second generation biofuels: high-efficiency microalgae for biodiesel production

TL;DR: A review of second generation biodiesel production systems using microalgae can be found in this paper, where the main advantages of second-generation microalgal systems are that they: (1) have a higher photon conversion efficiency (as evidenced by increased biomass yields per hectare): (2) can be harvested batch-wise nearly all-year-round, providing a reliable and continuous supply of oil: (3) can utilize salt and waste water streams, thereby greatly reducing freshwater use: (4) can couple CO2-neutral fuel production with CO2 sequestration: (
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Cultivation, photobioreactor design and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: A critical review

TL;DR: This review presents recent advances in microAlgal cultivation, photobioreactor design, and harvesting technologies with a focus on microalgal oil (mainly triglycerides) production and aims to provide useful information to help future development of efficient and commercially viable technology for microalgae-based biodiesel production.
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Heterotrophic cultures of microalgae: Metabolism and potential products

TL;DR: This review analyzes the current state of a specific niche of microalgae cultivation; heterotrophic growth in the dark supported by a carbon source replacing the traditional support of light energy.
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Natural organic matter removal by coagulation during drinking water treatment: A review

TL;DR: Most of the NOM can be removed by coagulation, although, the hydrophobic fraction and high molar mass compounds of NOM are removed more efficiently than hydrophilic fraction and the low molarmass compounds.
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