Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes in Cities: Bioremediation, Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts

ISBN-13: 9780128242704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Vimal Chandra Pandey

Spis treści

Section I. Aquatic Pollution and Bioremediation 1. Aquatic pollution and wastewater treatment systems 2. Integrated aquatic phytoremediation 3. Aquatic macrophytes-based municipal wastewater treatment in constructed wetland 4. Algae-wastewater treatment technologies in metropolitan areas 5. Aquatic macrophytes and algae in textile and tannery wastewater treatment 6. Microbes-assisted aquatic phytoremediation through algae and macrophytes

Section II. Biomass and Biofuels 7. Developments in algal harvesting methods for biomass production 8. Algal biomass pretreatment and developments for better biofuel production 9. Bioenergy from phytoremediated biomass of Aquatic macrophytes 10. Business opportunities and challenges in algal biofuels 11. Conversion technologies and their limitations in algal-based biofuel production

Section III. Bioproducts 12. Progresses in pharmaceutical products from aquatic macrophytes and algal biomass 13. Present developments in production of nutritional products from algal biomass 14. Algae: A potential asset for renewable chemicals 15. Obtaining commodity chemicals by bio-refining of algal biomass 16. Algal- and aquatic macrophytes-based bioplastic: Opportunities and Challenges

Section IV. Potential case studies 17. Case studies of algal blooms through remote sensing 18. Case studies of commercial aquatic macrophytes 19. Case studies of biogas production from submerged macrophytes biomass 20. Case studies of algal remediation 21. Case studies of phytoremediation potential of aquatic macrophytes 22. Case studies of carbon sequestration via algae and aquatic macrophytes