23Dec 2017

THE CHALLENGES OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM OSCILLATORIA SP.

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.
  • Department of Botany, Science College, Port Said University, Port Said, 42536, Egypt.
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Microalgae are the most promising sources for biodiesel. At constant light and temperature, four different Oscillatoria sp. were cultured in sterilized BG11 medium for long period. Nitrate concentration was measured each couple of days to conclude that oscillatoria sp. did not suffer from nitrogen starvation for short culture periods. Then Osci.2 chosen for its highest dry cell weight; 450, 534, 1140, 2843, 2519 mg 100ml-1 in days 3, 7, 22, 36 and 39, respectively. Osci.2 cultivated for 21 days in BG-11 medium with different nitrate concentrations;(1500, 375, 186, 94, 47, 23 and 0.0 mgl-1 NaNO3. Biomass productivity (mgl-1d-1), DCW (mgl-1) and target fatty acids percent (%TFA; (C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C16:1, C18:1, C18:2, C18:3) for biodiesel production detected per seven-day`s cultures. With different nitrogen concentrations, Oscillatoria sp. produced diverse of fatty acid patterns. Because of the main targets for biodiesel production are both biomass and TFA, 375 gl-1 NaNO3 is the suitable nitrate concentration to cultivate Oscillatoria for 21 days for biodiesel production.


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[Marwa Gamal Saad and Hesham Mohamed Shafik2 (2017); THE CHALLENGES OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM OSCILLATORIA SP. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Dec). 1316-1322] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Marwa Gamal Saad
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6032      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6032