Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 80-100.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60497-X

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Factors in mass cultivation of microalgae for biodiesel

ZHU Junying, RONG Junfeng, ZONG Baoning *   

  1. SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing
  • Received:2012-10-28 Revised:2012-11-26 Online:2013-01-23 Published:2013-01-23

Abstract: Biofuel from microalgae is a long term strategy to solve the energy crisis. It is a new area of biological engineering and process engineering that consists of the isolation and characterization of microalgae species, mass cultivation of microalgae, harvesting and post-processing. The successful mass cultivation of microalgae is one of its main challenges. Several factors influencing the mass cultivation of microalgae are discussed, such as microalgae species, metabolic mechanism, culture conditions and the photobioreactor. This paper will help the development of biofuels from microalgae and its photobioreactor.

Key words: Microalgae, Biofuel, Photobioreactor, Lipid content, Mass cultivation