Biofuels, facts, fantasy, and feasibility

By D. Walker. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2009

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Apparent digestibility of nutrients, energy, essential amino acids and fatty acids of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) diets containing whole-cell or cell-ruptured Chlorella vulgaris meals at five dietary inclusion levels (2017, background): “80 Annual production of Chlorella remains small (~2,000 t) and this is related to high production costs 81 and technological challenges associated with current cultivation systems (Brennan and Owende 2010; Liu 82 and Hu 2013; Priyadarshani and Rath 2012; Pulz and Gross 2004; Walker 2009).”
Chlorophyll Fluorescence Applications in Microalgal Mass Cultures (2010, background): “5% for C3 plants or microalgae by using “educated guesswork” and detailed consideration of the partial reactions involved (e.g. Boardman 1980; Benemann and Oswald 1996; Zhu et al. 2008; Walker 2009).”
Sustainable biofuels from algae (2013, background): “Ultimately the maximum productivity of algae cultures is constrained by the available irradiance and the photosynthetic efficiency (Walker 2009; Weyer et al. 2010).”
Biodiesel from algae: challenges and prospects. (2010, background): “Although the biomass yield of many algal species is very high, it is important to note that this is constrained by the laws of thermodynamics [21].”
Sustainability and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae): facts and challenges (2011, background): “In contrast, Walker (2009) reported that microalgae including cyanobacteria are intrinsically not more but less productive than crop plants.”
Microalgae in aquafeeds for a sustainable aquaculture industry (2018, background): “In order for innovative ways formulated to sustain aquaculture feed to succeed in the market, researchers have to explore the ways to cut the high production cost of microalgae (Walker 2009; Wan et al. 2015).”
Wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production. (2011, methodology): “Therefore, the maximum algal photosynthetic conversion efficiency (gmax) is only 1.3–2.4% of total solar radiation (Benemann, 2008a; Walker, 2009).”
The potential of sustainable algal biofuel production using wastewater resources. (2011, background): “…is both economically and environmentally sustainable (Brune et al., 2009; Chisti, 2008; Huntley and Redalje, 2007; Stephens et al., 2010), although there have been some sceptical views of the long term viability and economics of biofuels from algae (Reijnders, 2008; van Beilen, 2010; Walker, 2009).”
Macroalgae-Derived Biofuel: A Review of Methods of Energy Extraction from Seaweed Biomass (2014, background): “The potential biomass yield of algae per unit area is also often higher than that of terrestrial plants [5–7] with, for example, brown seaweeds grown “under cultured conditions” having yields of ~13.”