Microalgae is one of the most promising bio-based sources. It does not compete for arable land; can be cultivated in marine and fresh water and contains high amount of valuable biomolecules. However, microalgae production at a commercial scale is hindered by the high costs of cultivation and biorefinery. Currently, microalgae biorefineries focus on...
The work concerns large scale production of microalgae in photobioreactors and involves both technical-economic studies, productivity modeling and validation in industrial scale.Chapter 2 is an economical comparison of the 3 major microalgal production technologies: open raceway ponds, tubular photobioreactors and flat panel photobioreactors. The a...
The Arabian Peninsula, due to its climate, availability of non-arable land, seawater, and carbon dioxide, is one of the best global locations for commercial cultivation of algae and cyanobacteria. This work focused on the screening of multiple locally isolated strains for their capability to thrive under industrially relevant conditions of elevated...
For mushroom production usually a mixture of horse and chicken manure and straw is used. For every kg of mushrooms, 5 kgs of waste is produced, a total of 800.000 tonnes per year in the Netherlands. Processing options are often either costly or complex. As the champost contains high salt concentrations, washing results in a solid (less salty) fract...
Eutrophication of coastal waters is a worldwide phenomenon. This study focuses on eutrophication in the coastal waters of Europe. Eutrophication is mainly a result of the increased transport of nutrients from watersheds by rivers to the coastal waters. Nutrient losses from watersheds are generally from agriculture, sewage, atmospheric deposition an...
Microalgae can contain large amounts of lipids which make them a promising feedstock for sustainable production of food, feed, fuels and chemicals. Various studies, including pilot-scale, have been performed and the knowledge on microalgal processes has advanced quickly. Unfortunately, current production costs for cultivation are still too high for...
The work described for this deliverable was carried out by DLO-PRI, in collaboration with WU, and aim ed to understanding lipid production in Phaeodactylum tricornutum . By means of transcriptome, proteome and metabolome analyses we aimed to provide insight into the one step lipid production performed by partner WU. Cultivation conditions were chos...
Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms that are found worldwide in many different aquatic environments and therefore display an immense biological diversity. They are a promising source of many useful polymers that have industrial applications such as food, fuel, material and pharmaceutical. One microalga that has gathered quite a research communi...
In 2012 two open microalgae ponds (one indoor and one outdoor, both 250 m2) were built at the ACRRES pilot site in Lelystad. Both ponds are connected to an anaerobic digester and utilise excess heat and flue gas (CO2) from the Combined Heat and Power unit (CHP). In this report the results of the algae production monitoring and the additional experi...
Maatschap Hoorsman uit Wieringerwerf heeft enkele jaren ervaring met inundatie van percelen ter bestrijding van (aardappelcyste)aaltjes, waarbij wordt geïnundeerd met water uit het IJsselmeer. Daarbij was het opgevallen dat gedurende het seizoen in het inundatie water algengroei kan ontstaan. Algen kunnen eventueel geoogst worden en zouden daarna w...
