Vol. 7 (1) : January-February 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (1) : 222-225 ; January-February, 2016
Process development for the production of biodiesel from microalgae (Chlorella sp.) produced by locally developed culture
S.V. KELAIYA1*, P.M. CHAUHAN2 and S.H. AKBARI3*
Department of Renewable Energy and Rural Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh - 362 001 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1Senior Research Assistant *(sagarkelaiya@gmail.com) *College of Food Processing Technology & Bio-energy, AAU, Anand, 2Professor and Head, 3Associate Professor
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-4005
Total Pages : 4
Received : 24 July 2015
Revised accepted : 04 January 2016
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Citation :
S.V. KELAIYA, P.M. CHAUHAN and S.H. AKBARI. 2016. Process development for the production of biodiesel from microalgae (Chlorella sp.) produced by locally developed culture. Green Farming Vol. 7 (1) : 222-225 ; January-February, 2016
ABSTRACT
Microalgae (Chlorella sp.) was used for the production of biodiesel. Microalgae were harvested for 15 days interval up to 160 days. The productivity of algae was obtained as 1.5 g/liter/day. Physico-chemical properties of algae viz., bulk density, colour, particle size and physical state at room temperature as physical properties and moisture content, lipid content, protein content and carbohydrate as chemical properties of algae were determined and found to be 0.4 g/cc, green, 2-10 µm, dry powder form , 3.48 %, 8- 10 %, 51- 58 % and 12-17 % respectively. For oil extraction, two extraction solvent systems were used in which Hexane/ether (1:1, v/v) resulted in low lipid recovery i.e. 4.8 % (dry basis) than that of chloroform/methanol (2: 1, v/v) resulted 9.0% (dry basis). To develop process for biodiesel production from algae, three different transesterification processes were employed with 1:5 methanol to bio-oil ratio based on three different catalysts viz., alkali catalyst, acid catalyst and enzymatic catalyst with two different temperature i.e. 50°C and 60 °C. Alkali catalyst was resulted the highest yield of biodiesel to 92 % at 60 °C temperature.
Key words :
Biodiesel production, Chlorella sp., Microalgae, Physico-chemical properties.