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Thermal Treatment of Algae for Production of Biofuel M. C. Chow, W. R. Jackson, A. L. Chaffee,* and M. Marshall School of Chemistry and Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia ABSTRACT: The pyrolysis, liquefaction, and gasification of algae for the production of biofuels are summarized. The effect of algal strains and the presence or absence of reducing gases and catalysts under a variety of reaction conditions are discussed. Most of the experiments have been carried out on a small scale (