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A novel process for the coproduction of biojet fuel and high-value polyunsaturated fatty acid esters from heterotrophic microalgae Schizochytrium sp. ABC101

Journal

RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages 481-490

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.09.116

Keywords

Biojet fuel; Microalgae; Schizochytrium; Hydrotreating; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Funding

  1. Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC) as the Global Frontier Project - Ministry of Science and ICT [ABC-2010-0029728, ABC-2015M3A6A2066121]

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This study demonstrates an economically beneficial process for coproducing biojet fuel and high-value polyunsaturated fatty acids from Schizochytrium sp. ABC101 microalgae. The separation and conversion of PUFAs into biojet fuel and high-value fatty acids have a great commercial potential.
Herein we demonstrated an economically beneficial process coproducing biojet fuel and high-value polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from Schizochytrium sp. ABC101 microalgae. Schizochytrium is a promising biofuel source for its rapid growth, high cell density, and fast lipid accumulation via heterotrophic cultivation. The most important feature of Schizochytrium is that half of its lipids are composed of omega-3 PUFAs (i.e., docosahexaenoic acid and docosapentaenoic acid), which are currently commercialized as dietary supplements at a high price. We observed direct injection of PUFA-rich lipid into a high-temperature catalytic reactor can cause rapid catalyst deactivation via coke deposition. Therefore, the PUFAs were separated by short-path distillation after transesterification. The remaining esters of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) were catalytically deoxygenated into C-13-C-18 n-paraffins, and then subsequently hydrocracked to produce iso-rich paraffins that are suitable as biojet fuel. As the result, 54.6 wt% PUFA-enriched esters (purity: 87.7%) and 20.4 wt% of qualified biojet fuel with respect to the initial lipids were obtained. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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