Microbial Lipids and Biodiesel Technologies

This book, belonging to energy discipline, summarized the latest research progress in the development of microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies. This book introduced the concept and development of microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies, the microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous yeasts, filamentous fungi, microalgae, bacteria, and thraustochytrids. Meanwhile, this book introduced the inhibition and removal of lignocellulosic hydrolysis inhibitors on microbial fermentation for lipid production, the isolation and screening of high-yield strains of oleaginous microorganisms, the use of metabolic engineering to transform oleaginous microorganisms, the process engineering technologies for optimization and process improvement, the harvesting of microbial cells and the extraction of microbial lipids, the production of crude biodiesel by esterification of microbial lipids, the biodiesel purification technology as well as the challenges and prospects of the industrialization of biodiesel technology based on microbial lipids. Reading this book will help readers comprehensively understand the latest developments in the field of "microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies". This book takes into account the relevant practical engineering technologies and the latest basic scientific research, and can be used as a reference for the researchers, engineers, investors, policy-makers, and students engaged in clean energy, microbial lipids and biodiesel industries.

Le ZhangDr. Le Zhang is currently an Associate Professor and a Ph.D. supervisor in the Biomass Energy Engineering Research Centre/Department of Resources and Environment in School of Agriculture and Biology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS). After Ph.D. graduation, Dr. Zhang worked in the NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI) at NUS before joining SJTU. His research focusses on biomass energy, waste-to-resources, and environmental biotechnology. His research contents involve microbial fermentation of organic wastes to produce green energy and resources, anaerobic digestion technology, as well as microbial fermentation for production of microbial lipids and biodiesel. He has coordinated several research projects such as NSFC project and participated in five international and national research projects, including a major collaborative programme (E2S2-CREATE) between NUS and SJTU. Dr. Zhang has published 1 book, 52 papers, 7 book chapters, 13 patents, and participated in 1 international standard. His publications have been cited worldwide for more than 3100 times, with an H-index of 33. He has conducted academic exchanges in more than 25 international conferences held in UK, Spain, Greece, and Singapore, etc. He is also a Conference Organizing Committee Member in several international conferences, a member of IBA & BESS and several other associations, and a manuscript reviewer for over 30 international journals and books. Dr. Zhang is the recipient of the Best Oral Presentation Award at an international conference, Achievement Award from BioEnergy Society of Singapore, Best Teaching Assistant Award from Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at NUS, and Shanghai High Level Talent.To-Hung TSUITo-Hung TSUI is a researcher in the Agile Initiative at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, where he focuses on advancing systems analysis and machine learning applications to drive food system transformation and resilient infrastructure development. Prior to joining Oxford, he studied and worked across various academic institutions, including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, UNESCO-IHE in Delft, Netherlands, and the National University of Singapore. As a principal investigator, he secured research grants aimed at upgrading full-scale Organic Resource Recovery Centres in Hong Kong. His contributions in environmental biotechnology were recognized with the prestigious HKIE Innovation Award - Grand Prize.Yen Wah TongProf. Yen Wah Tong has been working in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at National University of Singapore (NUS) since 2001, with research in biomaterials for medical applications and bioprocessing for waste management. He graduated with a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Chemistry from Queen’s University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Univ