Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of microalgae is one of processes that can effectively remove moisture from microalgae. In addition, the hydrochar retains most of fatty acids from microalgae feedstock, and the content of fatty acids in hydrochar is doubled. This research concentrates on the compari...
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| description | Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of microalgae is one of processes that can effectively remove moisture from microalgae. In addition, the hydrochar retains most of fatty acids from microalgae feedstock, and the content of fatty acids in hydrochar is doubled. This research concentrates on the comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar. The result shows that the biodiesel yields of hydrochar were higher than those of microalgae at the same reaction conditions due to the higher extraction rate of fatty acids from hydrochar. Finally, the amount of methanol and catalyst which is required for a given amount of microalgae can be reduced to a half through the direct transesterification of hydrochar. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34f588150717496988d6b8b4d7b05cd22022-12-22T02:07:28ZengAIMS PressAIMS Energy2333-83342017-07-015465266610.3934/energy.2017.4.652energy-05-00652Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrocharVo Thanh Phuoc0Kunio Yoshikawa1Yoshikawa Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8502, JapanYoshikawa Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8502, JapanHydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of microalgae is one of processes that can effectively remove moisture from microalgae. In addition, the hydrochar retains most of fatty acids from microalgae feedstock, and the content of fatty acids in hydrochar is doubled. This research concentrates on the comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar. The result shows that the biodiesel yields of hydrochar were higher than those of microalgae at the same reaction conditions due to the higher extraction rate of fatty acids from hydrochar. Finally, the amount of methanol and catalyst which is required for a given amount of microalgae can be reduced to a half through the direct transesterification of hydrochar.http://www.aimspress.com/energy/article/1535/fulltext.htmlmicroalgaehydrocharhydrothermal carbonizationdirect transesterificationbiodiesel |
| spellingShingle | Vo Thanh Phuoc Kunio Yoshikawa Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar AIMS Energy microalgae hydrochar hydrothermal carbonization direct transesterification biodiesel |
| title | Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar |
| title_full | Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar |
| title_fullStr | Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar |
| title_short | Comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar |
| title_sort | comparison between direct transesterification of microalgae and hydrochar |
| topic | microalgae hydrochar hydrothermal carbonization direct transesterification biodiesel |
| url | http://www.aimspress.com/energy/article/1535/fulltext.html |
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