The use of microalgae biomass for the production of marketable products. Part 1. Approaches to the production of microalgae biomass

Abstract

The literature review is devoted to recent studies on the production of microalgae biomass and its processing using chemical and bioengineering approaches into marketable substances: biofuel, ethanol, butanol, hydrogen and others. The review consists of three parts: approaches to the production of microalgae biomass (part 1), the synthesis of biofuel from microalgae (part 2), and the production of marketable substances by bioengineering (part 3). The first part of the review considers the promising strains of microalgae that produce lipids and serve to obtain biofuel complying with ASTM D6751 and EN 14214 standards. Factors affecting the accumulation and composition of microalgae lipids (the composition of nutritional medium, illumination, temperature, and salinity of the medium) are also discussed. Approaches to the production of microalgae biomass, particularly with the use of flue gases and sewage, are analyzed.