The production of acetic acid from microalgae under hydrothermal conditions

Zheng Shen, Jingfei Zhou, Xuefei Zhou and Yalei Zhang

Applied Energy, 2011, vol. 88, issue 10, 3444-3447

Abstract: Microalgae for carbon dioxide mitigation was applied to the production of acetic acid under hydrothermal conditions with H2O2 oxidant. Results showed that acetic acid was obtained with a good yield of 14.9% based on a carbon base at 300°C for 80s with 100% H2O2 supply. This result should be helpful to facilitate studies for developing a new green and sustainable process in order to produce acetic acid from microalgae, which are the fastest growing sunlight-driven cell factories. These results show that it is possible to develop a process for conversion of microalgae biomass into acetic acid.

Keywords: Microalgae; Hydrothermal process; Acetic acid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.060

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