| Production stage |
Recent advances |
References |
| CO2 supply |
• Optimization of flue gas settings via computer simulations to promote microalgae growth. |
• [141] |
| Light supply |
• Solar spectrum conversion using a photoluminescent material. |
• [142] |
| Water supply |
• Construction of algal-bacterial microcosm capable of processing organic waste. |
• [143] |
| Algal strain selection |
• High throughput screening method for rapid identification of microalgae with high CO2affinity. |
• [144] |
| Reactor design |
• Design of an airlift-driven raceway reactor. |
• [121] |
| • Design of a photobioreactor utilizing Taylor vortex flow. |
• [145] |
| Reactor settings optimization |
• pH-based method for determining CO2 fixation capacity of microalgae under given conditions. |
• [146] |
| Cell harvesting |
• New method of algae flocculation based on decreasing pH of culture media. |
• [147] |
| Product separation |
• Analysis of different methods of cell disruption for efficient lipid extraction. |
• [148] |
| Life cycle analysis |
• Life cycle analysis (LCA) of large-scale algal bio-diesel production using commercial data. |
• [125] |
