MICROALGAE: THIRD GENERATION ENERGY FEEDSTOCK FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

A. KARMAKAR¹*, S. KARMAKAR², S. MUKHERJEE^3
1Department of Post-Harvest Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741252 Nadia, West Bengal, India
²Department of Post-Harvest Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741252 Nadia, West Bengal, India
³Department of Farm Machinery & Power, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741252 Nadia, West Bengal, India
* Corresponding Author : karmakar.ani@gmail.com

Received : 16-04-2018     Accepted : 21-04-2018     Published : 30-04-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 8       Pages : 5817 - 5821
Int J Agr Sci 10.8 (2018):5817-5821

Keywords : Microalgae, Biodiesel, Transesterification, Integrated approach, Tubular photobioreactors
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741252 Nadia, West Bengal
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

In developing countries like India where import accounts for 80 percent of the crude oil supplies, alternative high yield sources are given utmost priorities for sustaining renewable energy generation. Discrepancies between expectations and realities of different non-edible biodiesel feedstocks are pushing for feedstock diversification. Microalgae, having extremely high photosynthetic efficiency are drawing attention as rich source of third generation renewable energy. The main hurdle of microalgal biodiesel production is lowering the cost to make it competitive with petroleum derived fuels. The problem can be solved by developing process technologies for harvesting and drying of algal biomass, extraction of oil, transesterification and downstream processing. India in spite of being one of the major producers of algae is yet to start such type of research and development activities on algal biodiesel. This paper reviews the potential of microalgae to produce a multitude of biofuel including biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethane (biogas), producer gas etc with integrated approach for energy, environment and agriculture.

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