Effects of flocculants on lipid extraction and fatty acid composition of the microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata and Thalassiosira weissflogii

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4449-4454

  Borges, Lucelia ^a   Morón Villarreyes, Joaquin A ^a   D'Oca, Marcelo G Montes ^a   Abreu, Paulo Cesar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Fatty acids; Flocculants; Lipids; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC FLOCCULANT; ANIONIC POLYMERS; BATCH CULTURE; CATIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDES; COMMERCIAL USE; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID PROFILES; FLOCCULANTS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIPID EXTRACTION; MARINE MICROALGAE; MICRO-ALGAE; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIODIESEL; FATTY ACIDS; FLOCCULATION; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIESEL; FATTY ACID; FLOCCULATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POLYMER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 80053577813     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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