A review on the current status and post‑pandemic prospects of third‑generation biofuels
The rapid increase in fossil fuel depletion, environmental degradations, and indus trialization have encouraged the need and production of sustainable fuel alterna tives. This has led to the increase in interest in biofuels, especially third-generation biofuels produced from microalgae since they do...
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2958 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12667-022-00514-7. |
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| Summary: | The rapid increase in fossil fuel depletion, environmental degradations, and indus trialization have encouraged the need and production of sustainable fuel alterna tives. This has led to the increase in interest in biofuels, especially third-generation biofuels produced from microalgae since they do not compete with food and land supplies. However, the global share for these biofuels has been inadequate recently, especially due to the ongoing global pandemic. Therefore, this paper ofers a review of the state-of-the-art study of the production feld of third-generation biofuel from microalgae. The current review aims to focus on the diferent aspects of algal bio fuel production that requires further attention to produce it at a large scale. It was found that several strategies during the life cycle of algal biofuel production can sig nifcantly increase its quality and yield while reducing cost, energy, and other related attributes. This paper also focuses on the challenges for large-scale production of third-generation biofuels pre and post COVID-19 to better understand the barriers. The high cost of this fuel’s production and sale tends to be the major reason behind the lack of large-scale production, hence, inadequacy to meet the global need. Third generation biofuel has so much to ofer including many integrated applications and advanced uses in the future fuel industry. Therefore, it is important to cope with the ongoing circumstances and emphasize the future of algal biofuel as a sustainable source. |
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