A Review: Microalgae and Their Applications in CO_2 Capture and Renewable Energy
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...Although this reaction requires much alcohol, the methyl ester yield is greater than 98% (Chisti, 2007)....
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...Gas exchange vessels to supply CO2, air and nutrients and to remove O2 are connected to the main reactor (Richmond, 2004; Chisti, 2007)....
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...reactor to prevent the flocculation of microalgal biomass (Chisti, 2007)....
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...Biodiesel is a promising renewable energy that does not require engine modification and reduces CO (by 50%) and CO2 (by 78%) emissions (Chisti, 2007)....
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...The pump also helps to maintain a highly turbulent flow within the reactor to prevent the flocculation of microalgal biomass (Chisti, 2007)....
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...As a result, CO2 fixation using microalgae can reduce the CO2 emission from power plants, which has the positive environmental impact (Inoue et al., 1995; Yun et al., 1997; Abu-Khader, 2006; Brennan and Owende, 2010)....
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...…that can convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into raw materials for producing biofuels (e.g., biohydrogen, biodiesel, and bioethanol), animal food chemical feedstocks and high-value bioactive compounds (e.g., Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) (Spolaore et al., 2006; Milledge, 2011; Razzak et al., 2013)....
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...The Centrifugation is an efficient but energy-intensive method (Molina et al., 2003)....
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...The flocculation mechanism is to neutralize or reduce the negative charge on the microalgal cellular surface to aggregate cells in suspension, which can be collected by adding flocculants such as multivalent cations and cationic polymers (Molina et al., 2003)....
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...Moreover, microfiltration is more cost-effective than centrifugation (Molina et al., 2003)....
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...such as multivalent cations and cationic polymers (Molina et al., 2003)....
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