Algal Bioreactors

<p>Part I - Fundamentals of science in downstream processes for the production of renewables<br>1. Downstream principles in algae bioprocesses for the production of renewables<br>2. Importance of biological knowledge in downstream processes for the production of renewables<br>3. Conventional and advanced procedures in downstream processes: An overview<br><br>Part II - Engineering and technology approach to harvesting, dewatering, and drying processes for the production of renewables<br>4. Implementing sedimentation techniques in downstream processes in algae bioreactors<br>5. Advances in primary recovery for algae bioreactors: The centrifugation role<br>6. Current progress of filtration techniques for recovery of production of renewables<br>7. Conventional and alternative flotation techniques for algae harvesting<br>8. Recent advancement of coagulation-flocculation in downstream processes from algae bioreactors<br>9. Conventional drying methods to algae biomass: Their applications and recent advances<br><br>Part III – Cell rupture, extraction, and separation/purification methods of target molecules for the production of renewables<br>10. Effect of bead milling as pre-treatment for cell physical disruption for renewables production exploitation<br>11. Potential applications of high-pressure homogenization in cell algae disruption: A path for production renewables<br>12. Microwave pre-treatment: A promising strategy to improve the clean extraction yield of renewables<br>13. Algae renewable extracts: The benefits and drawbacks of ultrasound-assisted<br>14. Applications of pulsed electric field treatments for the enhancement of cell physical disruption for the production of renewables<br>15. Steam-explosion pre-treatment for algae cell disruption: A suggestion for renewable production expansion<br>16. The mechanisms of hydrothermal as cell thermal disruption for the production of renewables<br>17. Cycles of freeze-thawing as an efficient method to cell disruption<br>18. Osmotic shock pre-treatment: An alternative cell disruption for wet algae biomass extraction<br>19. Enzymatic treatment as cell biological disruption for the production of renewables<br>20. Surface-active agents for the disruption of algae cell walls: An alternative for lipid extraction<br>21. Conventional solvent extraction and alternative greener solvents – a sustainable perspective<br>22. Supercritical fluids as novel cell disruption procedures for the production of renewables<br>23. Techniques of adsorption, partition, ion-exchange and molecular exclusion for separation extracts: Chromatography approaches<br>24. Advances in separation by ionic strength: Ionic liquids interactions and ion-exchange chromatography purification<br><br>Part IV – Energy demand, costs, sustainability strategies, and innovations for downstream processes in the production of renewables<br>25. Energy demand and efficiency applied to downstream processes for the production of renewables<br>26. Techno-economic analysis of downstream processes in algae bioprocesses for the production of renewables<br>27. How can the process intensification concept and the optimization of downstream steps become algae bioprocesses more sustainable?<br>28. The importance of downstream processes in algae biorefinery concept<br>29. Recent patents and relevant innovations in technology and methods for downstream processes</p>