Sustainable Seaweed Technologies

Part 1: Introduction to Seaweed and Seaweed Biorefinery
1. Introduction. Opportunities for seaweed biorefinery
2. Seaweed components, properties and applications
3. Cultivation and collection
4. Seaweed extracts for enhanced cultivation of seaweeds (SEECS)

Part 2: Conditioning and modification of Seaweed for Biorefinery
5. Drying of seaweeds
6. Storage of Seaweed for Biofuel Production: Ensilage

Part 3: Extraction for Seaweed Biorefinery
7. Conventional Extraction Techniques: Solvent extraction
8. Emerging Extraction Techniques: Hydrothermal processin
9. Emerging Extraction Techniques: MW assisted extraction
10. Emerging Extraction Techniques: Enzyme assisted extraction
11. Emerging Extraction Techniques: Supercritical fluid extraction
12. Emerging Extraction Techniques: Ionic liquids

Part 4: Concentration and Purification of Seaweed Extracts for Biorefinery
13. Concentration and Purification of Seaweed Extracts Through Chromatography
14. Concentration and Purification of Seaweed Extracts Through Membranes

Part 5: Seaweed-based Energy Production
15. Biofuels production of third generation biorafinery from macroalgal biokmass in the Mexican context
16. Biocatalytic refining of polysaccharides from brown seaweeds

Part 6: Preparation of Novel Materials From Seaweed
17. Nanoparticles
18. Seaweed polysaccharides as sustainable building blocks for biomaterials in tissue engineering

Part 7: Operations for utilization of seaweeds and/or waste solids
19. Utilization of seaweed waste
20. Utilization of seaweed waste: Adsorption of toxic compounds onto invasive seaweed and seaweed wastes

Part 8: Case Studies in Seaweed Biorefinery
21. Biorefinery to produce animal feed, chemicals and biofuels
22. Life cycle assessment of macroalgal biorefinery

Sustainable Seaweed Technologies: Cultivation, Biorefinery, and Applications collates key background information on efficient cultivation and biorefinery of seaweeds, combining underlying chemistry and methodology with industry experience. Beginning with a review of the opportunities for seaweed biorefinery and the varied components and properties of macroalgae, the book then reviews all the key steps needed for industrial applications, from its cultivation, collection and processing, to extraction techniques, concentration and purification. A range of important applications are then discussed, including the production of energy and novel materials from seaweed, before a set of illustrative case studies shows how these various stages work in practice.

Drawing on the expert knowledge of a global team of editors and authors, this book is a practical resource for both researchers and businesses who currently work with macroalgae.

• Highlights the specific challenges and benefits of developing seaweed for sustainable products
• Presents useful case studies that demonstrate varied approaches and methodologies in practice
• Covers the complete seaweed chain, from cultivation to waste management

Researchers across academia and industry interested in sustainability, seaweed cultivation, macroalgae, greener chemistry, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, functional foods, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and cosmeceuticals and novel materials