Utilization of de-oiled algal biomass for enhancing vehicular quality biodiesel production from Chlorella sp. in mixotrophic cultivation systems

Richa Katiyar, Randhir K. Bharti, B.R. Gurjar, Amit Kumar, Shalini Biswas and Vikas Pruthi

Renewable Energy, 2018, vol. 122, issue C, 80-88

Abstract: The investigation first time reports the efficacy of de-oiled algal biomass extract (DOABE) for mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella sp. MCC27 to enhance biodiesel production in open tray systems and in BioXpert-V2 software connected photobioreactor (PBR). The cultivation systems with addition of DOABE (PBR systems + DOABE and open tray system + DOABE) as media were tested for quality and quantity of biodiesel. The presence of organic carbon and low nitrogen in DOABE caused >2 folds higher biomass productivity and >4 folds enhanced lipid productivity for the cells cultivated in PBR system + DOABE and open tray system + DOABE as compared to control (i.e. BBM). Biochemical analysis of cells from both the systems revealed the decrease in total carbohydrates and protein contents. The FAMEs analyses showed vehicular quality biodiesel. PBR system + DOABE showed edge over open tray system + DOABE in terms of biomass productivity and lipid content. The physical properties of biodiesel produced from Chlorella sp. MCC27 were more close to the fuel standards (ASTM D6751), when cells were cultivated in open tray system + DOABE than in PBR system + DOABE. Collectively, this study highlights the use of DOABE as a low cost feedstock for enhancing vehicular quality biodiesel production from microalgae.

Keywords: Photobioreactor (PBR); Lipid content; Chlorella sp.; Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs); Open tray system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.01.037

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