Journal
ENERGY
Volume 185, Issue -, Pages 1076-1085Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.07.113
Keywords
Black soldier fly; Lipid; Microwave assisted solvent extraction; Energy consumption
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- Hubei provincial Science and Technology Department [2017CFB290]
- Guiding Program of Department of Education of Hubei [B2016055]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31701604]
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Black soldier fly larvae containing high lipids had been considered an novel sustainable feedstock for lipid extraction to biofuels. The insect lipid was extracted with microwave assisted solvent extraction method. The energy consumption of this way was analyzed to determine the feasibility of the lipid extraction process. The comparison of the effects of different extraction conditions (dehydration methods, water content, extraction temperature, extraction time, equipment power, and solute-solvent ratio) on the energy consumption of lipid extraction from the energy insect was investigated systematically. The dewatering of the insect biomass was the most energy consuming step via a dry extraction method in this paper, constituting about 40-80% of the total energy consumption demand. Within the ranges of extraction factors values compared in this analysis, the microwave radiation powder and lipid extraction temperature had a pronounced effect on the total energy consumption in the ranges of investigated parameter. At last, the lipid extraction yield-dependent evolution of energy consumption for different extraction conditions was also investigated. Anyway, the economic and environmental aspects of lipid extraction from the energy insect needed to be further improved for its large scale implementation in the future. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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