Effect of water content on [Bmim][HSO4] assisted in-situ transesterification of wet Nannochloropsis oceanica

Yingqiang Sun, Chunyan Xu, Thomas Igou, Peilu Liu, Zixuan Hu, Steven W. Van Ginkel and Yongsheng Chen

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 226, issue C, 468 pages

Abstract: 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([Bmim][HSO4]) was employed to catalyze the in-situ transesterification of wet Nannochloropsis oceanica. Algal cell wall was dissolved by [Bmim][HSO4] according to TEM analysis of untreated Nannochloropsis sp. cells and lipid extracted algae (LEA). The temperature and time are favorable to biodiesel production in 100–200 °C, time of 0–70 min, with methanol: algae, however, it decreased to 10.64% at time of 90 min. The biodiesel and energy production of [Bmim][HSO4] catalyzed in-situ transesterification varied due to the competition of catalytic property and algal dissolution ability with variation of water content. The catalytic property of [Bmim][HSO4] was the dominate parameter affecting biodiesel production, therefore, total energy production of in-situ transesterification, as a parameter of biodiesel production, was slightly increased from 13.12 kJ to 14.51KJ with water content of wet algae varied from 0 to 15 wt%. However, it decreased to 8.37 at water content of 20 wt% due to the weakened algal dissolution ability, which was proved by the decrease of hydrogen bond acceptor capacity(β) from 0.942858 to 0.942851 in water content of 0–30 wt%. The decomposition of carbohydrates and proteins in IL – water mixtures enhanced biodiesel production according to elemental analysis of LEA.

Keywords: Water content; Wet algae; In-situ transesterification; Ionic liquid; Biodiesel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.029

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