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APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 88, Issue 10, Pages 3464-3467Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.048
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Alkaline pre-treatment; Microalgae; Biomass; Fermentation; Bioethanol
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Australia
- Ministry Higher Education Malaysia
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We have investigated, for the first time, the alkaline pre-treatment of microalgal biomass, from the species Chlorococcum infusionum, using NaOH for bioethanol production. This pre-treatment step aims to release and breakdown entrapped polysaccharides in the microalgae cell walls into fermentable subunits. Three parameters were examined here; the concentration of NaOH. temperature and the pre-treatment time. The bioethanol concentration, glucose concentration and the cell size were studied in order to determine the effectiveness of the pre-treatment process. Microscopic analysis was performed to confirm cell rupturing, the highest glucose yield was determined to be 350 mg/g, and the maximum bioethanol yield obtained was 0.26 g ethanol/g algae using 0.75% (w/v) of NaOH and 120 degrees C for 30 min. Overall, the alkaline pre-treatment method proved to be promising option to pre-treat microalgal biomass for bioethanol production. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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