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Production of High-Quality Biodiesel by Scenedesmus abundans

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The ever-increasing need of energy both in the domestic and industrial front has augmented the consumption of fossil fuel; consequently, complexity arises owing to exhausting fuel supplies and due to their contribution to climate change by the emission of large quantities of greenhouse gases. The renewable, economic, and carbon-neutral biofuel from algae has made it a promising feedstock that can curtail global dependency on rapidly depleting fossil fuel-based petro diesel. Moreover, higher biomass and cellular lipid accumulation competence and economic sustainability even in large-scale production make algae a better choice than other existing oil crops. There are quite a few studies reporting number of green microalgae as a potential feedstock for biofuel production. Accumulation of lipid in microalgae is species dependent, and in potential strains it ranges from 25% to 60% of dry cell weight, in modified growth conditions; however, some microalgae are reported to accumulate more than 60% of cellular lipid content. The present chapter is specifically aimed to review freshwater green microalga Scenedesmus abundans as a prospective feedstock for high-quality biofuel production.

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  1. Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

    S. K. Mandotra & A. S. Ahluwalia

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Mandotra, S.K., Ahluwalia, A.S., Ramteke, P.W. (2019). Production of High-Quality Biodiesel by Scenedesmus abundans . In: Sukla, L., Subudhi, E., Pradhan, D. (eds) The Role of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1586-2_14

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