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Effectiveness of Enzymatic Biodiesel Production from Microalga Oil in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

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Biodiesel production from microalgae lipids showed to be the promise approach for alternative fuels. However, this is not yet commercialized. In the present study, the efficient production of biodiesel from Nannochlorpsis sp. grown locally was confirmed. Novozyme®435 and supercritical carbon dioxide were used as reaction catalyst and reaction medium, respectively, and the results were compared to lamb fat. In addition, the microalgae biomass production was studied extensively. It was found that Nannochlorpsis sp. can accumulate lipids by nitrogen starvation reaching 29 % with 21.06 mg L-1d-1 lipid productivity when grown in nitrogen sufficient medium. The enzymatic production in supercritical carbon dioxide was efficient with 55 % ester yield higher than lamb meat fat.

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    H. Taher, S. Al-Zuhair, A. Al-Marzouqi & Y. Haik

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Taher, H., Al-Zuhair, S., Al-Marzouqi, A., Haik, Y., Farid, M. (2014). Effectiveness of Enzymatic Biodiesel Production from Microalga Oil in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. In: Hamdan, M., Hejase, H., Noura, H., Fardoun, A. (eds) ICREGA’14 - Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05708-8_5

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