Biodiesel production using Chlorella sorokiniana a green microalga

Several commercial applications of microalgae are identified. They can be used to enhance the nutritional value of food owing their chemical composition, they play a crucial role in aquaculture and they can be incorporated into cosmetics. Currently, they are cultivated as a source of renewable energ...

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Published inRevue des énergies renouvelables Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 21 - 26
Main Authors CHADER, S, MAHMAH, B, CHETEHOUNA, K, MIGNOLET, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alger Centre de développement des énergies renouvelables 01.03.2011
Renewable Energy Development Center (CDER)
Subjects
Applied sciences
biodiesel
chlorella
Exact sciences and technology
Other techniques and industries
production
renewable energy
Africa
Sahara
Renewable energy sources
Chlorella
Renewable energy
Diesel fuel
Algae
Production
Fossil fuel
Biofuel
Chemical composition
Vegetable oil
Biodiesel
Aquaculture
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Summary:Several commercial applications of microalgae are identified. They can be used to enhance the nutritional value of food owing their chemical composition, they play a crucial role in aquaculture and they can be incorporated into cosmetics. Currently, they are cultivated as a source of renewable energy. Indeed, biodiesel, one form of biofuels can be produced by microalgae. This biofuel has attracting increasing attention worldwide as a clean energy for the future to substitute conventional fuel. However, their production derived from conventional ways that are so expensive and polluant because they used fossil fuels and oilseeds (vegetable oils) or animal fats. In this paper, wild/type strains of chlorella “green microalgae” isolated from Algerian Sahara soil are tested for their ability to produce biodiesel. The results show that Chlorella sorokiniana strain Ce, under different culture conditions, accumulates some fatty acids which make the most suitable for the production of good quality biodiesel.
ISSN:1112-2242
2716-8247