A review on renewable energy-based chemical engineering design and optimization

Y Wang, Y Liu, Z Xu, K Yin, Y Zhou, J Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The sources and utilization of energy directly affect the development of chemical industries.
Traditional fossil energy is the main contributor to the current chemical energy supply …

[HTML][HTML] Ulva lactuca, A Source of Troubles and Potential Riches

H Dominguez, EP Loret - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ulva lactuca is a green macro alga involved in devastating green tides observed worldwide.
These green tides or blooms are a consequence of human activities. Ulva blooms occur …

Biofuels and biorefineries: Development, application and future perspectives emphasizing the environmental and economic aspects

MK Shahid, A Batool, A Kashif, MH Nawaz… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fossil fuel utilization adversely affected the environmental health due to the rising
emission levels of greenhouse gases. Consequently, the challenges of climate change …

Recent trends on seaweed fractionation for liquid biofuels production

PG Del Río, JS Gomes-Dias, CMR Rocha… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Concerns about fossil fuels depletion has led to seek for new sources of energy. The use of
marine biomass (seaweed) to produce biofuels presents widely recognized advantages …

Microwave-assisted low-temperature hydrothermal treatment of red seaweed (Gracilaria lemaneiformis) for production of levulinic acid and algae hydrochar

L Cao, KM Iris, DW Cho, D Wang, DCW Tsang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, red seaweed (Gracilaria lemaneiformis) food waste with high carbohydrate
content was valorized into levulinic acid (LA) and algae hydrochar through microwave …

A critical review on production of bioethanol from macroalgal biomass

N Dave, R Selvaraj, T Varadavenkatesan… - Algal Research, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to combat emerging concerns due to global climate change and increasing
conventional fuel prices, bioethanol appears to be a sustainable green resource as co-fuel …

Utilization of marine ulva lactuca seaweed and freshwater azolla filiculoides macroalgae feedstocks toward biodiesel production: kinetics, thermodynamics, and …

F Binhweel, H Pyar, W Senusi, MA Shaah… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study compared between marine ulva lactuca seaweed and freshwater azolla
filiculoides macroalgae to evaluate the productivity and characteristics of lipids and …

A holistic zero waste biorefinery approach for macroalgal biomass utilization: a review

RC Rajak, S Jacob, BS Kim - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The growing concerns over the depleting fossil fuels and increase in the release of
greenhouse gas emissions have necessitated the search for the potential biomass source …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the prospects of fermenting/Co-fermenting marine biomass for enhanced bioethanol production

MEH Osman, AM Abo-Shady, ME Elshobary… - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the rising demands for renewable fuels, there is growing interest in utilizing abundant
and sustainable non-edible biomass as a feedstock for bioethanol production. Macroalgal …

Third generation bioethanol from invasive macroalgae Sargassum muticum using autohydrolysis pretreatment as first step of a biorefinery

PG del Río, E Domínguez, VD Domínguez, A Romaní… - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Sargassum muticum, an invasive macroalgae in Europe, was employed as material for third
generation bioethanol production. As a first step, autohydrolysis was chosen as an eco …