A whole biodiesel conversion process combining isolation, cultivation and in situ supercritical methanol transesterification of native microalgae

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 281-288

  Jazzar, Souhir ^a   Quesada Medina, Joaquín ^b   Olivares Carrillo, Pilar ^b   Marzouki, Mohamed Néjib ^a   Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel ^c   Fernández Sevilla, José María ^c   Molina Grima, Emilio ^c   Smaali, Issam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; In situ supercritical transesterification; Microalgae isolation; Photobioreactor culture; Wet unwashed paste

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

CONVERSION PROCESS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; MICRO-ALGAE; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; SUPERCRITICAL TRANSESTERIFICATION; SUPERCRITICAL-METHANOL TRANSESTERIFICATION; WET UNWASHED PASTE;

BIODIESEL;

BIODIESEL; METHANOL; BIOFUEL;

BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; ESTER; FATTY ACID; METHANOL; MICROALGA; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ALGAL GROWTH; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLORIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SCALE UP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSESTERIFICATION; BATCH CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTERIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.; NANNOCHLORIS;

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOFUELS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METHANOL; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929494414     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.04.097     Document Type: Article

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