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Mini- Literature Review “Integrated CO 2 capture, wastewater treatment and biofuel production by microalgae culturing” 1. Theoretical Background Micro- algae are microscopic organisms that typically grow suspended in water and are driven by the same photosynthetic process adopted by higher plants. However, unlike higher plants, algae do not require a vascular system to transport nutrients. In addition, and given that every cell is photoautotrophic, they can directly absorb dissolved nutrients [9]. These eukaryotes are sunlight-driven cell factories that can convert carbon dioxide into raw materials for biofuels, animal food chemical feedstocks and high-value bioactive products. Thus, the cultivation of microalgae offers the following three important advantages: (i) captureofCO2 emitted fromfossilfuelbasedpowergenerating stations, (ii) treatment of wastewater (iii) production of biomass which can be used for biofuel renewable energy. 2. Recent Studies
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Mini- Literature Review
“Integrated CO2 capture, wastewater treatment and biofuel production by microalgae culturing”
1. Theoretical BackgroundMicro- algae are microscopic organisms that typically grow suspended in water and are driven by the same photosynthetic process adopted by higher plants. However, unlike higher plants, algae do not require a vascular system to transport nutrients. In addition, and given that every cell is photoautotrophic, they can directly absorb dissolved nutrients [9]. These eukaryotes are sunlight-driven cell factories that can convert carbon dioxide into raw materials for biofuels, animal food chemical feedstocks and high-value bioactive products.
Thus, the cultivation of microalgae offers the following three important advantages: (i) captureofCO2 emitted fromfossilfuelbasedpowergenerating stations, (ii) treatment of wastewater(iii) production of biomass which can be used for biofuel renewable energy.
2. Recent Studies
