Energy from Microalgae

Prof. Eduardo Jacob-Lopes is currently associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria. He graduated with a Masters in Food Engineering in Federal University of Rio Grande, doctorate in Chemical Engineering from State University of Campinas and post-doctoral at State University of Campinas. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He is a technical and scientific consultant of several companies, agencies and scientific journals. He has 380 publications/communications which include 3 books, 17 book chapters, 70 original research papers, 280 research communications in international and national conferences and has registered 11 patents. His research interest includes environmental biotechnology with emphasis on microalgal biotechnology.Prof. Leila Queiroz Zepka is currently associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria. She graduated witha Masters in Food Engineering in Federal University of Rio Grande and a doctorate in Food Science from State University of Campinas. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She is a technical and scientific consultant of several companies, agencies and scientific journals. She has 340 publications/communications which include 3 books, 14 book chapters, 60 original research papers, 250 research communications in international and national conferences and has registered 7 patents. Her research interest includes microalgal biotechnology with emphasis on biomolecules and natural pigments. Prof. Maria Isabel Queiroz is currently senior professor at the Department of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande. She graduated in oceanography at Federal University of Rio Grande, with a Masters in Food Technology in State University of Campinas and a doctorate in Biotechnology from Federal University of Pelotas. She has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience. She is a technical and scientific consultant of several companies, agencies and scientific journals. She has more of 500 publications/communications which include 7 books, 7 book chapters, 100 original research papers, 350 research communications in international and national conferences. Her research interest includes microalgal biotechnology with emphasis on bioprocesses.

• 1. Introductory chapter.- 2. Microalgal production systems with highlights to energy balance.- 3. Life cycle assessment of biofuels from microalgae.- 4. The bioeconomy of microalgal biofuels.- 5. Process Integration applied to microalgal biofuels production.- 6. Process Intensification applied to microalgal biofuels production.- 7. Biofuels from microalgae.- 8. Recent patents on biofuels from microalgae.