The Science of Algal Fuels

Dedication.- Introduction to The Science of Algal Fuels: Psychology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology.- Preface to The Science of Algal Fuels: Psychology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology.- Foreword: The Production of Algal Biofuels.- Acknowledgements.- PART 1:METHODS AND WAYS OF RESEARCH.- Quitting cold turkey: rapid oil independence for the USA.- Algal biorefinery: sustainable production of biofuels and aquaculture feed?.- Approaches and prospectives for algal fuel.- From isolation of potential microalgal strains to strain engineering for biofuel.- Integrated approach to algae production for biofuel utilizing robust algal species.- Biological constraints on the production of microalgal-based biofuels.- Adapting mass algaculture for a northern climate.- Nanotechnology for algal biofuels.- From algae to biofuel - engineering aspects.- Making fuel from algae: identifying fact amid fiction.- Algal oils: biosynthesis and uses.- Algal biofuel production through integrated biorefinery.- PART 2: PRODUCTION OF BIODIESELS AND HYDROGEN.- Dinoflagellates as feedstock for biodiesel production.- Biodiesel production from microalgae: methods for microalgal lipid assessment with emphasis on the use of flow cytometry.- Approaches to and perspectives on biodiesel and oil production using algae in Mexico.- Biodiesel production from microalgae: a mapping of articles and patents; Biotechnology of hydrogen production with the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; PART 3: ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION.- How to breed diatoms: examination of two species with contrasting reproductive biology.- Fuel from seaweeds: rationale and feasibility.- The contribution of diatoms to worldwide crude oil deposits.- Photobiology and lipid metabolism in algae.- Metabolic pathways in green algae with potential value for biofuels production.- PART 4: FROM WASTE WATER TO FUEL PRODUCTION.- Wastewater treatment pond algal production for biofuel.- Wastewater treatmentintegrated with algae production for biofuel.- Sub-and supercritical water based processes for microalgae to biofuels.