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Experimental Protocol for Biodiesel Production with Isolation of Alkenones as Coproducts from Commercial Isochrysis Algal Biomass
Published on: June 24, 2016
Evaluation of the potential of 10 microalgal strains for biodiesel production
Mingming Song1, Haiyan Pei, Wenrong Hu
1School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nan Road, Jinan 250100, China.
Abstract:
In this study, the potential of 10 algae species for biodiesel production were evaluated by determining their fatty acid profiles, biodiesel properties besides growth rate, biomass concentration and lipid productivity. Among seven strains with high growth and lipid accumulation properties, excluding Kirchneriella lunaris and Lyngbya kuetzingii, five species Selenastrum capricornutum, Chlorella vulgaris, Scenedesmus obliqnus, Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Isochrysis sphacrica were finally selected for biodiesel production due to their possessing higher lipid productivity and favorable biodiesel properties. The best strain was P. tricornutum, with lipid content of 61.43 ± 0.95%, lipid productivity of 26.75 mgL(-1) d(-1), the favorable fatty acid profiles of C16-C18 (74.50%), C14:0 (11.68%) and C16:1 (22.34%) as well as suitable biodiesel properties of higher cetane number (55.10), lower iodine number (99.2 gI₂/100g) and relatively low cloud point (4.47 °C).
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