2017年3月
Potential of water surface-floating microalgae for biodiesel production: Floating-biomass and lipid productivities
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
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- 巻
- 123
- 号
- 3
- 開始ページ
- 314
- 終了ページ
- 318
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.09.015
- 出版者・発行元
- SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
Microalgae have been accepted as a promising feedstock for biodiesel production owing to their capability of converting solar energy into lipids through photosynthesis. However, the high capital and operating costs, and high energy consumption, are hampering commercialization of microalgal biodiesel. In this study, the surface-floating microalga, strain AVFF007 (tentatively identified as Botryosphaerella sudetica), which naturally forms a biofilm on surfaces, was characterized for use in biodiesel production. The biofilm could be conveniently harvested from the surface of the water by adsorbing onto a polyethylene film. The lipid productivity of strain AVFF007 was 46.3 ma/L/day, allowing direct comparison to lipid productivities of other microalgal species. The moisture content of the surface-floating biomass was 86.0 +/- 1.2%, which was much lower than that of the biomass harvested using centrifugation. These results reveal the potential of this surface-floating microalgal species as a biodiesel producer, employing a novel biomass harvesting and dewatering strategy. (C) 2016, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.09.015
- ISSN : 1389-1723
- eISSN : 1347-4421
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000396948000007