Microalgae from domestic wastewater facility’s high rate algal pond: Lipids extraction, characterization and biodiesel production

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 206; pp. 239 - 244
• Main Authors: Drira, Neila, Piras, Alessandra, Rosa, Antonella, Porcedda, Silvia, Dhaouadi, Hatem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Biodiesel; Biofuels - microbiology; Biomass; Biomass flocculation/coagulation; Biotechnology - methods; Calcium - analysis; carbon dioxide; Electric Conductivity; Esterification; fatty acid methyl esters; Fatty Acids - analysis; flocculation; fuel production; harvesting; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lipid extraction; Lipids - isolation & purification; Magnesium - analysis; microalgae; Microalgae - metabolism; Microalgae - ultrastructure; Microwaves; municipal wastewater; neutralization; Ponds - microbiology; sewage treatment; solvents; stearic acid; ultrasonics; unsaturated fats; unsaturated fatty acids; Waste Water - microbiology; Wastewater; Lipid extraction; Biomass flocculation/coagulation; Wastewater; Biodiesel

[Display omitted] •Microalgae biomass recovery from a real-scale HRAP by pH increase.•Methods of Folch and Hara modified by ultrasounds irradiation for extraction of lipids.•Supercritical CO2 lipid extract has the highest unsaturated fatty acids content.•Microwave assisted extractive-transesterifica...