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Microalgae for Bioenergy; Key Technology Nodes

SYSNO ASEP	0443623
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve SCOPUS
Title	Microalgae for Bioenergy; Key Technology Nodes
Author(s)	Maléterová, Ywetta (UCHP-M)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Kaštánek, František (UCHP-M)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Rousková, Milena (UCHP-M)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Matějková, Martina (UCHP-M)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Kaštánek, P. (CZ) Šolcová, Olga (UCHP-M)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Source Title	Scientific World Journal - ISSN 1537-744X Roč. 2015, č. 2015 (2015), s. 597618
Number of pages	6 s.
Publication form	Online - E
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	microalgae ; oil production ; water recycling
Subject RIV	CI - Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
R&D Projects	LJ12002 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
Institutional support	UCHP-M - RVO:67985858
EID SCOPUS	84929346567
DOI	10.1155/2015/597618
Annotation	Microalgae have increasingly gained research interest as a source of lipids for biodiesel production. The wet way processing of harvested microalgae was suggested and evaluated with respect to the possible environmental impacts and production costs. This study is focused on the three key steps of the suggested process; flocculation, water recycling and extraction of lipids. Microalgae strains with high content of lipids were chosen for cultivation and subsequent treatment process. Ammonium hydroxide was tested as the flocculation agent and its efficiency was compared with chitosan. Determined optimal flocculation conditions for ammonium hydroxide enable the water recycling for the recurring microalgae growth, which was verified for the use of 30, 50 and 80 % recycled water. For extraction of the wet microalgae hexane, hexane/ethanol and comparative chloroform/methanol systems were applied. It seems to be promising owing to its low volatility as well toxicity and mainly the low cost.
Workplace	Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals
Contact	Eva Jirsová, jirsova@icpf.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 227
Year of Publishing	2016
Electronic address	http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=14&SID=V2kH1WLyceq9ctvzW8I&page=1&doc=1

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