A critical overview of upstream cultivation and downstream processing of algae-based biofuels: opportunity, technological barriers and future perspective

S Ahmad, K Iqbal, R Kothari, HM Singh, A Sari… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels are sharing a large portion of energy demand. Conventional energy sources
emit a huge amount of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, which creates energy and …

Algal-based biofuel generation through flue gas and wastewater utilization: a sustainable prospective approach

R Kothari, S Ahmad, VV Pathak, A Pandey… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
Increasing concern towards climate change and water conservation has attracted wide
attention of researchers to explore the biological carbon fixation and wastewater treatment …

The optimization of oil extraction from macroalgae, Rhizoclonium sp. by chemical methods for efficient conversion into biodiesel

B Saengsawang, P Bhuyar, N Manmai, VK Ponnusamy… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Optimization of biodiesel production from freshwater macroalgae, Rhizoclonium sp. was
investigated in this study. Biodiesel production process parameters such as chemical …

Microalgae cultivation using palm oil mill effluent as growth medium for lipid production with the effect of CO2 supply and light intensity

P Bhuyar, S Sundararaju, MHA Rahim… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
Malaysia is one of the world's largest palm oil producers and exporters, which generates
several million tons of palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME is discharged into the water …

Optimization of direct transesterification of Chlorella pyrenoidosa catalyzed by waste egg shell based heterogenous nano–CaO catalyst

S Ahmad, S Chaudhary, VV Pathak, R Kothari… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In present study, heterogeneous Nano-CaO catalyst was synthesized from waste egg shell
(WES) and its potential was investigated for direct transesterification of Chlorella …

Biomass and lipid characterization of microalgae genera Botryococcus, Chlorella, and Desmodesmus aiming high-value fatty acid production

GF Ferreira, LF Rios Pinto, PO Carvalho… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
Microalgae have been largely considered for biofuel production; however, further research
focusing on its wide potential also in food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries is still …

Production of algal biomass for its biochemical profile using slaughterhouse wastewater for treatment under axenic conditions

R Azam, R Kothari, HM Singh, S Ahmad… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Slaughterhouse produce large amount of wastewater, containing high pollutant load in
terms of protein, fats and meat pieces, might lead to source of non-point contamination …

Microalgae cultivation in wastewater from agricultural industries to benefit next generation of bioremediation: a bibliometric analysis

JM Melo, MR Ribeiro, TS Telles, HF Amaral… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this study was to provide a bibliometric analysis and map** of existing scientific
papers, focusing on microalgae cultivation coupled with biomass production and …

Utilization of Chlorella pyrenoidosa for Remediation of Common Effluent Treatment Plant Wastewater in Coupling with Co-relational Study: An Experimental …

R Kothari, A Pandey, S Ahmad, HM Singh… - Bulletin of …, 2022 - Springer
Earlier investigations on biological methods of wastewater treatment have revealed that
algal based wastewater treatment could be a green, cost effective and efficient approach for …

Temperature dependent morphological changes on algal growth and cell surface with dairy industry wastewater: an experimental investigation

S Ahmad, R Kothari, R Shankarayan, VV Tyagi - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
In the present study, influence of temperature and dairy industry waste water (DIWW)
concentration on the growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa has been done along with the …