Handbook of Algal Biofuels

Mostafa El-Sheekh is Professor of Phycology at Tanta University, Egypt. He has nearly 35 years of experience in the research and teaching in the field of algae, microbiology and its applications. Dr. El-Sheekh served as the Dean and Vice Dean Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt and Cultural counselor in Egyptian Embassy in Yemen and Uzbekistan. He holds a Ph.D. in Phycology from Tanta University and Göttingen University, Germany as Chanel System fellowship. He is the recipient of fellowships in Hungary, India, Sweden, Czech Republic, and Japan. He is the author of more than 160 papers and, 7 book chapters, and 2 books. He also serves as editorial member and reviewer for more than 60 peer reviewed journals. He has published many papers on the production of biodiesel, ethanol and hydrogen from algae. He has also 2 book chapters on biodiesel production from microalgae and one book on renewable energy. Abd El-Fatah Abomohra is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at Chengdu University, China. He obtained his PhD in 2012 through a cooperation program between Tanta University in Egypt and Hamburg University in Germany funded by DAAD. He has 20 years of teaching and research experience, as he worked as a teaching assistant, assistant lecturer, lecturer, and associate professor at Tanta University, Egypt since 2001. During his career, he has participated in a number of national projects in Egypt, Germany and China for wastewater treatment/CO2 sequestration, water desalination, and biofuel production from different biomass feedstocks. His current research interests include environmental biotechnology, biodiesel production, anaerobic digestion, bioremediation, fermentation, and thermochemical conversion. His research group is primarily working on bioenergy production from different non-edible feedstocks, including algae.

• Section 1: Algal Diversity and composition1. Microalgae: Habitats and classification2. Global seaweeds diversity3. Chemical composition of micro- and macro-algae4. Algal cultivation5. Genetic manipulation of microalgae for enhanced biotechnological applications6. Current status of algal industry7. Algal CO2 sequestration and wastewater treatment8. Application of halophilic algae for water desalinationSection 2: Algal Biofuel Production9. Biofuel versus fossil fuel10. Algae for biodiesel production11. Algal biogas production12. Algal Bioethanol and biobutanol production13. Thermochemical conversion of algal biomass14. Direct biohydrogen production from algae15. Algal jet fuelSection 3: Integrated approaches for enhanced biofuel production16: Sequential biofuel production for whole biomass conversion17: Biofuel byproducts recycling towards bioeconomy18: Using solar radiation for algal culture irradiation19: Physical stress for enhanced biofuel production20: Microalgal-bacterial consortia for biomass production and wastewater treatment21: Process intensification22: Life cycle assessment23: Challenges and future perspectivesSection 4: Case studies24. History and Recent advances of algal biofuel commercialization25. BIQ algae house, Hamburg, Germany26. Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)27. Aquatic Species Program (ASP)28. Algal fuel production by industry