Algae Biofuels Research Papers

Here you’re going to find a plethora of algae biofuels research papers under a variety of topics. Some of these reports are tough going and hard reading. In fact, most of them are. As I’ve said in other places, this is the frontier of algae biofuels. If you want to understand the full scope of algae biofuels and dig into the details, this page is for you.

While these reports will tell you WHAT to do, by and large, most won’t tell you HOW TO do it. If you want the reports condensed and boiled down into to a language the “rest of us” understand, or you want inexpensive ways to accomplish your goals, you’ll need to buy my books.

I’ll be adding to this section more and more as time goes on. It is my hope that this will be the finest free algae bio fuels online research library available anywhere. These links are tied directly to the source of info. All reports are free.

The links are all good as I write this (June. 2012) if you find one that is broken, let me know and I’ll fix it.  Or go to the root URL (EX: www.nrel.gov ) of the site and do a search under that report’s name.

Algae Biodiesel Research Reports

Algae Biofuels General Overview

• Algae Based Biofuels Report In my opinion this is one of the best reports available anywhere.
• Aquatic Species Report Over 30 years old and still one of the most complete treatments available. This is the report that nearly every single algae biofuel consultant cut their chops on…myself included.
• Beyond the Aquatic Species Report
• Aquatic Species Report: Lessons Learned
• NREL Advanced Biofuels Report
• Biodiesel From Aquatic Species
• Algae as a Biodiesel Feedstock: A Feasibility Assessment
• INDUSTRIAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF MICROALGAL BIOFUEL SYSTEMS AND THEIR TARGETED IMPROVEMENT
• MICROALGAL BIOFUELS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
• The economics of micro-algae production and processing into biodiesel
• Renewable Diesel from Lipids
• Algae Biofuels Technological Roadmap
• Algae as a Biodiesel Feedstock: A Feasibility Assessment (excellent)
• Algae Biodiesel: A Feasibility Report
• Advanced Biofuels Developments in the USA
• Opportunities and Challenges in Algae Biofuel Production
• MICRO- AND MACRO-ALGAE: UTILITY FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
• GLOBAL TRENDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT 2011
• The Ethics of Adoption and Development of Algae-based Biofuels
• Screening and Identification of native algal isolates for Biodiesel production
• Cultivating Clean Energy: The Promise of Algae Biofuels
• A Realistic Technology and Engineering Assessment of Algae Biofuel Production
• Using Algae in the 21st Century—Novel Opportunities in a Changing World—
• Algae for Energy, Security, and Development
• Algae as a Feedstock for Biofuels: The Current Status and Potential for Algal Biofuels Production

Algae products and co products

• Production of Micro algea-based Products
• The Medical Research of Astaxanthin
• Algae based biofuels: applications and co products
• The Medical Research of Spirulina
• Algae Oil Analysis
• Commercial Algal products
• Top Value-Added Chemicals from Biomass
• Co-products from Algae Biorefinery

Algae Co-Location with CO2

Algae Cultivation Techniques

• Culturing algae: a guide for schools and colleges
• Algae Identification field guide
• Algae production FAO
• Cultivating Botryococcus braunii
• Algae Culturing: From culture to Pilot Plant
• Genetic Engineering of Algae for Biofuel Production
• Growth Rates for Chlorella and CO2
• Survival and Reproduction of Algae Under Stress Conditions
• Theoretical Maximum Algal Oil Production

Algae biofuels for the developing world

• Algae Biofuels: Review and Challenges For the Developing World
• Algae Biofuels Outlook for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
• Sustainability of Large-Scale Algal Biofuel Production in India

Open Ponds

• Algaculture in Open Ponds
• Large Scale Open Ponds
• Microalgal Open Pond Systems for Producing Fuels

Photobioreactors

• Botryococcus braunii
• Algal Photobioreactors for Oil Production
• Design Considerations for Sustainable High-Yield Algal Oil Production
• Photo bioreactor prototype for micro algae production
• PBR design considerations
• High-Density Algal Photobioreactors Using Light-Emitting Diodes

Algae Harvesting Techniques

• Microalgae Harvesting and Processing
• Effects of Chitosan in harvesting with flocculation
• Harvesting of Algae by Froth Flotation

Algae Oil Extraction

• Oil Extraction using Alcohol
• Oil extraction using Hexane
• Extraction of lipids from microalgae:
• Algae Oil Production & Extraction

Biodiesel

• Understanding U.S. Biodiesel Industry Growth using System Dynamics Modeling
• Biodiesel from microalgae beats bioethanol
• Recovery of Biodiesel Precursors from Microalga Chlorella
• Biodiesel production by microalgal biotechnology
• Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review

Bioethanol

• ALGENOL INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM HYBRID ALGAE

Biobutanol

• BIOBUTANOL – PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION METHODS
• The production of butanol fuel from renewable systems
• The production and use of butanol as biofuel

Jetfuel

• Production of Gasoline and Diesel from Biomass via Fast Pyrolysis, Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking:
• Jet Fuel from Microalgal Lipids

Methane or biogas

• Constructing a Biogas Reactor
• Detailed biogas manual

Hydrogen

• Algal Systems for Hydrogen Photoproduction
• ALGAL HYDROGEN PHOTOPRODUCTION

Algae for health Food Supplements

• CHLORELLA – THE MOST EXCITING NUTRITIONAL DISCOVERY ON PLANET EARTH
• A Teaching Model for Growing Spirulina
• Antioxidants: Potential applications of micro-algae

Algae in Aquaculture

• Algae uses as Fish Feed
• Aquaponic market research
• Mass Culture of Algae in Aquaponic Systems
• Small Unit Aquaponics
• Algae as an Aquaponic Feed
• A manual on the production and use of live food for aquaculture

Algae for organic fertilizer

• Effect of Chlorella vulgaris as Bio-fertilizer
• Azolla as a biofertiliser

Algae for Animal Feed

• Algae in Animal Production
• Algae Meal as a Vitamin Supplement for Poultry

Bio Plastics

• Fact sheet on bioplastics
• Bioplastics in food packaging
• Make your own bioplastics
• Disposable Bioplastics: Consumer agricultural films
• Highlights in Bioplastics
• Microalgae as bioreactors for bioplastic production

Cosmetics

• Anti winkle and skin moisturizer effects of algae

Waste Water Treatment

• Water purification
• Production of Algae in Conjunction with Wastewater Treatment
• Removal of Algae from Waste Stabilization Pond Effluents—A State of the Art
• Algae Production in Wastewater Treatment:
• Mass Culture of Algae from Waste Water for Biofuels Production
• Wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production

Algae Micro Farming

• New Developments in Microalgae Farming for Food and Biofuels