Animal fats microalgae

Taher et al. (2011,2014b) studied the effect of reaction temperature (35 C-60 C), methanol-to-lipids molar ratios (3 1-15 1), and enzyme loading (10%-50%) on biodiesel production yields from animal fats and microalgae lipids. Process conditions were optimized via response surface methodology. Transesterilication yield of only 40% was obtained when animal fats were used, at 50°C, 200 bar, a 4 1 molar ratio, and a 30% loading of the enzyme (Taher et al., 2011), whereas a conversion above... 

ANIMAL FAT- AND VEGETABLE OIL-BASED PLATFORM CHEMICAL BIOREFINERY Microalgae inoculum... 

Animal fats (mainly lard, taUow, and chicken), insects, soapstocks, or microorganisms for oil production (eg, microbial oil from yeast, microalgae, molds, bacteria, and cyanobacteria) were compared as cheap sources of biomass for renewable biofuel production by the author and her coworkers in 2014 and can be consulted (Pinzi et al., 2014). Biodiesel production from microbial oil, food waste, or algae, among others, as well as challenging techniques for sustainable processing, is covered later in this book. 

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