A REVIEW ON BIOETHANOL AND ALGAL BIOFUEL: SOURCES, CULTIVATION METHODS AND LIMITATIONS
Keywords:
Ethanol, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Algal biofuel, Microalgae, Cultivation systemAbstract
To gain some outline on the production of Ethanol from different microbial sources. It has been found that
Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown in the presence of ethanol that appear to increase the amount of some fatty acid in
lipids. This paper carries out information about different parameters that need to be controlled for the production process.
Ethanol is well-known as an inhibitor for growth of micro-organism. Mainly, three types of raw material, that are, Sugar
juice, Starchy crops and lignocellulosic materials, are used for the production of ethanol. This review also provides
knowledge about various sources of sugar used for Ethanol production such as Rice straw, corn meal, sugarcane and various
others. In this review, characteristics and functions of microalgae along with cultivation method are studied and reviewed.
Algal biomass has a bright future as a renewable fuel source if it can be grown and harvested optimally per acre of land. Few
research studies suggested that algal biomass has 10 to 100 times increased potential to produce biofuels or bioenergy than
conventional feed stocks.
