Concurrent extraction and reaction for the production of biodiesel from wet microalgae

•In situ transesterification was successfully applied to wet microalgae.•Biodiesel was produced directly from wet microalgae in a single pot process.•The conversion yield reaches 91% using wet microalgae. This work addresses a reliable in situ transesterification process which integrates lipid extra...

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Published in:Bioresource technology 2014-01, Vol.152, p.534-537
Main Authors: Im, HanJin, Lee, HanSol, Park, Min S., Yang, Ji-Won, Lee, Jae W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiesel
Biofuel production
Biofuels - microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Biotechnology - methods
Catalysts
Conversion
Energy
Esterification - drug effects
Extraction
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
In situ transesterification
Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects
Lipids
Methyl alcohol
Microalgae - drug effects
Microalgae - metabolism
Simultaneous extraction and transesterification
Solvents
Transesterification
Water - pharmacology
Wet cells
Wet microalgae
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Summary:•In situ transesterification was successfully applied to wet microalgae.•Biodiesel was produced directly from wet microalgae in a single pot process.•The conversion yield reaches 91% using wet microalgae. This work addresses a reliable in situ transesterification process which integrates lipid extraction from wet microalgae, and its conversion to biodiesel, with a yield higher than 90wt.%. This process enables single-step production of biodiesel from microalgae by mixing wet microalgal cells with solvent, methanol, and acid catalyst; and then heating them in one pot. The effects of reaction parameters such as reaction temperature, wet cell weight, reaction time, and catalyst volume on the conversion yield are investigated. This simultaneous extraction and transesterification of wet microalgae may enable a significant reduction in energy consumption by eliminating the drying process of algal cells and realize the economic production of biodiesel using wet microalgae.
ISSN:0960-8524
1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.11.023