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Production and Properties of Biodiesel from Algal Oils

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Biodiesel is defined as the mono-alkyl esters of vegetable oils or animal fats or other materials composed of triacylglycerols. This chapter discusses the potential fuel properties of biodiesel derived from algal oils. Since little to no experimental data are available, the potential properties need to be estimated from existing data for neat biodiesel components and biodiesel fuels derived from other feedstocks. This approach shows that many algal biodiesel fuels would likely possess problematic cold flow and/or oxidative stability properties due to the relatively high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids and/ or saturated fatty acids in algal oils, although there are some exceptions.

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Knothe, G. (2013). Production and Properties of Biodiesel from Algal Oils. In: Borowitzka, M., Moheimani, N. (eds) Algae for Biofuels and Energy. Developments in Applied Phycology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5479-9_12

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