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AlkalineinsitutransesterificationofChlorellavulgaris

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2.Methodology
3.Resultsanddiscussion
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Fuel
Volume94,April2012,Pages544550

AlkalineinsitutransesterificationofChlorellavu
S.B.VelasquezOrta

,J.G.M.Lee,A.Harvey

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2011.11.045

Abstract

Table1

Insitutransesterification,orreactiveextraction,oflipidsinalgalbi
potentialtogreatlysimplifyandreducecostsoftheproductionofalg
reducesthenumberofunitoperationsbycontactingthebiomassdi
andcatalystrequiredtoconvertlipidstotheiralkylesters(biodiesel
experimentswasconductedtounderstandtheimpactofprocessva
productionofFattyAcidMethylEster(FAME)fromChlorellavulgari
processvariables(catalystratio,solventratioandreactiontime)we
theirprocesssignificance.ThemaximumFAMErecoveryof77.62
atareactiontimeof75min,usingacatalyst:lipid(NaOH)molarratio
methanol:lipidmolarratioof600:1.Additionalexperimentswerepe
optimummethanolratio(600:1)tocompareresultsobtainedusinga
withanacidcatalyst.Intermsoftime,thealkalinecatalyst(sodiumh
outperformedtheacidcatalyst(sulphuricacid)obtaininghighercon
reactiontimes.Nevertheless,usinganacidcatalystratioof0.35:1f
timesresultedinhigherconversions,upto96.86.3wt%,andmay
breakageofmicroalgaecellwalls.Inconclusion,thealkalineinsitu
algalbiomasscanachievehighconversioninlesstimethananacid

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lowerratioofcatalyst.Thefinalselectionofthetypeofcatalystwilld
characteristics(batchvscontinuous)andcostoftheinsitutransest
catalystandmethanolcosts,andthedownstreamprocessesrequir
saleablebiodiesel.

Highlights

Processvariablesforalkalineinsitutransesterificationofmicroa
Atlowcatalystratios,usingNaOHproducedhigherFAMEyields
UsingNaOHrequiredlesstimethanH2SO4toobtainhighFAMEyie
FAMEyieldof77.62.3wt%wasobtainedusingNaOHascatalyst
yieldof96.86.3wt%wasobtainedusingH2SO4ascatalyst.

Keywords

InsitutransesterificationMicroalgaeBiodieselCatalystExperim

Correspondingauthor.Address:SchoolofChemicalEngineeringandAdvanc
Court,NewcastleUniversity,NewcastleuponTyneNE17RU,England,UK.T
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