Volume : I, Issue : VI, March - 2012

Production Of Biodiesel From Microalgae Using Sodium Methoxide

Ananadhi Padmanabhan, Dr. Shaleesha A. Stanley

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Biofuels are used to replace petroleum derived transport fuels, which is the main cause of global warming. Algae have emerged as one of the most promising source for biodiesel production. Like plants, microalgae use sunlight to produce oils but they do so more efficiently than crop plants.. Scenedesmus sp., which found to be high in lipid content, was cultivated. The main objectives of the project is to make use of the algae present in the water bodies, extract microalgal oil, biodiesel conversion and GCMS study to meet the challenges of fuel requirement in the present scenario. Microalgal oil was extracted from Scenedesmus bijuggatus. About 40 –50 % of oil were extracted from the freshwater microlagae. Biodiesel production from microalgae reached upto 85 percent with sodium methoxide catalyst. The GCMS study of biodiesel reported that the oil contained Palmitoleic (21.87%), Stearic (10.96%), Elaidic (19.19%).

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Ananadhi Padmanabhan, Dr. Shaleesha A.Stanley Production Of Biodiesel FromMicroalgae Using Sodium Methoxide Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.I, Issue.VI March 2012


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