The need for cleaner sources of energy has stirred research into utilising alternate fuel sources with favourable emission and sustainability such as biodiesel. However, there are technical constraints that hinder the widespread use of some of the low cost raw materials such as pork fatty wastes. Currently available technology permits the use of lipolytic microorganisms to sustainably produce e...

For almost a full decade, the bio-based vehicular fuels industry has been anticipating the establishment of a continually expanding industry within a reasonably stable market base. However, a variety of events in the bio-based diesel fuel industry has resulted in this promising market still remaining dynamic. Of the five renewable, bio-based fuels that appear to have potential to displacement p...

Epidemiological data indicate that exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) from traffic emissions is associated with higher risk of morbidity and mortality related to cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, accelerated progression of atherosclerotic plaques, and possible lung cancer. While the impact of DEPs from combustion of fossil diesel fuel on human health has been extensively studied, ...

Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms that can produce lipids, proteins and carbohydrates in large amounts and within short periods of time and these can be processed into both biofuels and other useful commercial products. Due to this reason microalgae are considered as a potential source of renewable energy; and one of the most important decisions in obtaining oil from microalgae is th...

Microalga Nannochloropsis oculata is a promising alternative feedstock for biodiesel. Elevating its oil-yielding capacity is conducive to cost-saving biodiesel production. However, the regulatory processes of multi-factor collaborative stresses (MFCS) on the oil-yielding performance of N. oculata are unclear. The duration effects of MFCS (high irradiation, nitrogen deficiency and elevated iron ...

Biodiesel, one of renewable bioenergy, has been produced from various resources such as vegetable oil, animal fats, used frying oils and microbial oils etc.1–3 Extensive study has been conducted on using edible oils, which limited by the availability of oil inventories, but these materials result in high sensitivity of prices to oil demand from industry.4–7 In order to not compete with edible o...

BACKGROUND Renewable energy for sustainable development is a subject of a worldwide debate since continuous utilization of non-renewable energy sources has a drastic impact on the environment and economy; a search for alternative energy resources is indispensable. Microalgae are promising and potential alternate energy resources for biodiesel production. Thus, our efforts were focused on survey...