Omar Ashraf Elfar from the University of Nottingham Malaysia’s School of Pharmacy together with Dr Show Pau Loke, Chang Chih-Kai, Leong Hui Yi, Angela Paul Peter and Chew Kit Wayne recently published a paper on Elsevier entitled Prospects of Industry 5.0 in algae: Customisation of production and new advance technology for clean bioenergy generation, in Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier.
There is a high demand for clean, affordable and sustainable source of energy due to the limitation in fossil fuel supplies. The algae industrial revolutions have proven to be a significant step in realising the growing need for energy and achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this paper, the production and processing of algae from an industry point of view and the algae processing in Industry 4.0 as well as a paradigmatic shift from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 were well-delineated.
Moreover, numerous aspects in the algae industry have been discussed, including economic and environmental analysis of algae bioenergy production, customisation of the algae-derived bioenergy, algae cultivation and modifications in the cultivating approach. Genetic engineering tools implemented in the algae culture for bioenergy and by-products generation was also studied, and area of focusing such as the desired algae strain and its detection through automated genetic manipulation and genetic modification. Furthermore, the impacts of the Industry 5.0 on the new market opportunities and environment aspect as well as the possibility of achieving SDGs were significantly studied.
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The full paper on Elsevier is available here
(Article image caption: Ir Ts Dr Show Pau Loke is exploring new technology in algae research)
(Thumbnail image caption: Prospects of Industry 5.0 in algae)
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Posted on 16th July 2020