http://repository.iitr.ac.in/handle/123456789/2139| Title: | Production of bio-oil from native algae of Solani aquaduct Roorkee |
| Authors: | Soni N.K. Varma A.K. Mondal, Prasenjit Srivastava M.N. |
| Published in: | Green |
| Abstract: | The present paper deals with the production of bio-oil from algal biomass collected from Solani aquaduct, Roorkee. The taxonomy of algal sample shows the dominance of Hydrodictyon reticulatum (L) Lagerheim with trace amount of ulotrichalean strains. The algal biomass contains 14.01 wt.% of lipid. The most suitable conditions for the production of bio-oil have been identified as biomass to hexane ratio of 1.7 and temperature of 30 °C. Under this condition around 60% of the oil/lipid in the algal cells have been extracted with the extraction/agitation period of 6 h. The produced bio-oil has been upgraded to biodiesel by transesterification using H2SO4 ascatalyst. Both the algal bio-oil and biodiesel have been characterized through GC-MS and compared. The possible application of the oil extracted algal biomass has also been described. |
| Citation: | Green (2013), 3(43957): 225-234 |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.1515/green-2013-0012 http://repository.iitr.ac.in/handle/123456789/2139 |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
| Keywords: | Algae Algal biomass Bio-oil Biodiesel Catalyst Hydrodictyon reticulatum (L) Lagerheim Solvent extraction Transesterification |
| ISSN: | 1869876X |
| Author Scopus IDs: | 56199404100 57196232507 57200197409 57198036554 |
| Author Affiliations: | Soni, N.K., Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India Varma, A.K., Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India Mondal, P., Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India Srivastava, M.N., Department of Botany, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram, Lucknow, India |
| Corresponding Author: | Mondal, P.; Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India; email: mondal2001@gmail.com |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Publications [CH] |
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