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Thermal pre-treatment of wet microalgae harvest for efficient hydrocarbon recovery

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  • Kita, K.
  • Okada, S.
  • Sekino, H.
  • Imou, K.
  • Yokoyama, S.
  • Amano, T.

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Botryococcus braunii, a green colonial microalga, is an unusually rich renewable source of hydrocarbons. In this study, wet microalgae harvest was thermally pretreated to enhance hydrocarbon recovery using a solvent extraction process. Samples containing a mixture of B. braunii and water were kept below 100 °C for 10 min. The observed hydrocarbon recovery was 97.8% at 90 °C. The extraction results suggest that the energy-intensive concentration and drying processes of the harvest could be eliminated. The proposed thermal pretreatment would revolutionize the conventional downstream processes.

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  • Kita, K. & Okada, S. & Sekino, H. & Imou, K. & Yokoyama, S. & Amano, T., 2010. "Thermal pre-treatment of wet microalgae harvest for efficient hydrocarbon recovery," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(7), pages 2420-2423, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:87:y:2010:i:7:p:2420-2423
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