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Hindi Journal of Marine Biology & OceanographyISSN: 2324-8661
Tropec?lo AI Author
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Affiliation
Hydrobiology ,Hydrology,Fisheries Biology and Management,Ecotoxicology,Marine Chemistry
LNEG - National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, Bioenergy Unit, Estrada do Pa
Biography
Tropec AI works at the LNEG - National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, Bioenergy Unit, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal Specialized in Hydrobiology, Hydrology, Marine Conversation, Marine Biology, Marine Chemistry, Fisheries Biology, and Management.
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Microalga Nannochloropsis sp. Biomass for Biodiesel Production: Conventional (Cell Disruption) and in situ Transesterification
Author(s): Gouveia L, Janelas J, Tropec?lo AI and Oliveira AC
The potential of Nannochloropsis sp. microalga to biodiesel production was assessed. The work deals with the optimization of the cell disruption, a required step when the lipid extraction followed by the transesterification reaction is the option to produce biodiesel, as well as the optimization of the reaction parameters (catalyst, alcohol, temperature and time) of the in situ transesterification (direct conversion of the saponifiable lipids into FAME - fatty acid metyl esters, usually called as biodiesel, in one step). The cell rupture of wet and dried biomass (by oven and freezedryer) using different methods (physical - coffee grinder and ball-mill; and thermodynamic - microwaves and autoclave) was evaluated. The... view more»