Thermal and Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Oily Extracts of Microalgae: Production of Biokerosene

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

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Fonseca, Noyala S. C.¹  Oliveira, Victor C.¹  Fréty, Roger¹  Sales, Emerson A.¹ 

[1] Laboratório de Bioenergia e Catálise (LABEC), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA);Departamento de Físico-Química, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IQ-UFBA), Campus Universitário de Ondina;Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Industrial (PEI), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

关键词: microalgae;    lipid extraction;    flash pyrolysis;    alumina catalyst;    biokerosene;   

DOI  :  10.21577/0103-5053.20200232

学科分类：内科医学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Three different microalgae species, Desmodesmus sp., Nannochloropsis oculata and Halamphora coffeaeformis were grown under controlled conditions. The resulting dry biomass was characterized by TG-DTA (thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis) and extracted with three solvents having different polarities. The extracts gross mass yields varied from 2% using n -hexane to 23% (or 74% when subtracting the volatiles and ashes) when using methanol-chloroform whatever the microalgae species. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of all extracts suggested the presence of fatty esters and acids. The extracts were pyrolyzed at 600 °C, using a micro pyrolizer coupled to a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS), without and with g-alumina as catalyst. Hydrocarbons concentrations varied respectively from 92% in the better case to 46% in the worst case. The C9-C15 fraction of these hydrocarbons, potentially useful for biokerosene formulation, was object of detailed analysis. In this fraction, nitrogenous products had concentrations always lower than 0.1%. The main hydrocarbons produced were linear 1-alkenes for thermal pyrolysis whereas for pyrolysis with g-alumina, linear 1-alkenes and also alkenes isomers and linear alkanes, together with cyclic and aromatic compounds were observed for all microalgae species, but in different proportions. The C9-C15 fraction of pyrolyzed extracts can be considered as precursor for biokerosene or direct “drop in” fuel for kerosene petroleum fraction.

【 授权许可】

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