Chapter 21: Sustainable Technologies for Seaweed Conversion to Biofuels and Bioproducts

Lieve Laurens; Robert Nelson

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-817943-7.00022-6

Chapter 21: Sustainable Technologies for Seaweed Conversion to Biofuels and Bioproducts

Lieve Laurens, Robert Nelson

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Abstract

Seaweeds are attractive candidates to supply the future sustainable, photosynthetic, bioenergy feedstocks thanks to their cultivation promise in offshore marine farms, with year-round production, and no external nutrient requirements. Despite this potential, there are significant challenges associated with realizing both the cultivation and harvesting logistics, as well as in developing an efficient conversion platform to fuels and products. Effective and scalable and economically viable conversion processes tailored to a seaweed are discussed in detail and gaps on identified needs for yield and efficiency improvements. Among the conversion processes discussed here, anaerobic fermentation of seaweeds to bioenergy products, including organic acids and biomass, is promising to disrupt the current bioenergy landscape.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Seaweed Technologies: Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications
Subtitle of host publication	Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications
Editors	M. D. Torres, S. Kraan, H. Dominguez
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	643-661
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128179437
ISBN (Print)	9780128179444
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817943-7.00022-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817943-7.00022-6
State	Published - 2020

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NREL/CH-2700-75118

Keywords

Anaerobic digestion
Biological conversion
Composition
Macroalgae
Seaweed

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Laurens, L., & Nelson, R. (2020). Chapter 21: Sustainable Technologies for Seaweed Conversion to Biofuels and Bioproducts. In M. D. Torres, S. Kraan, & H. Dominguez (Eds.), Sustainable Seaweed Technologies: Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications: Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications (pp. 643-661). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817943-7.00022-6, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817943-7.00022-6

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Chapter 21: Sustainable Technologies for Seaweed Conversion to Biofuels and Bioproducts. / Laurens, Lieve ; Nelson, Robert.
Sustainable Seaweed Technologies: Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications: Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications. ed. / M. D. Torres; S. Kraan; H. Dominguez. Elsevier, 2020. p. 643-661.

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Chapter 21: Sustainable Technologies for Seaweed Conversion to Biofuels and Bioproducts

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