Table 1
(continued)
Application
Microalgae
Examples of functions and/or
molecules
Market volume or price
References
Fuels and
energy
Scenedesmus almeriensis,
Chlorella vulgaris,
Chlamydomonas,
Dunaliella
Fatty acids for either biodiesel or
other hydrocarbon fuels. Biogas
from anaerobic digestion. Ethanol
produced through fermentation
209,000,000 ton for fatty acids at
920 USD/ton
Chew et al. (2017), Chilton et al.
(2016), Laurens et al. (2017a)
Materials
Chlorella infusionum,
Dunaliella,
Schizochytrium
Starch and proteins for a wide
range of bioplastics. Phytol for
and sterols for surfactants. Amino
acids or peptides for either
polyurethane and plasticizers
1.5 millons ton for thermoplastics
from protein at 1900 USD/ton
Laurens et al. (2017a)
Chemical
Dunaliella,
Schizochytrium
Lactic acid, biomethanol,
glutamic acid, sorbitol, glycerol
for chemical industries
36,000–2,300,000 ton for
glycerol at 1550–3400 USD/ton
Bozell and Petersen(2010,
Budzianowski (2017), Laurens
et al. (2017a)
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