Fuel Property of Biodiesel Made from Microalgae (Chlorella Sp.)
S. V. Kelaiya1 , P. M. Chauhan2 and S. H. Akbari3
1
Department of Bio Energy,
College of FPT and BE,
AAU,
Anand(Gujarat),
India
2
Department of RE and RE,
CAET,
JAU,
Junagadh,
(Gujarat)
India
3
Department of PHET,
College of FPT and BE,
AAU,
Anand (Gujarat)
India
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.3.21
Microalgae chlorella is an organism capable of photosynthesis that is less than 2mm in diameter. The biodiesel extracted from algae using chloroform/methanol extraction solvent system then undergone three different transesterification processes based on three different catalysts viz. Alkali catalyst, Acid catalyst and Enzymatic catalyst with two temperature (50°C and 60 °C) and with 1:5 methanol to bio-oil ratio. After transesterification using different catalysts, the fuel properties were measured. All the properties were compared with standard value of ASTM D 6751 standards. Alkali catalyst yield highest biodiesel (92 %) at 60 °C temperature. Also, the closest value of different fuel properties found at par with standard value of ASTM D 6751 standards viz. moisture content, carbon residue, calorific value, specific gravity, acid value, flash point, viscosity, density, viscosity were found to be 0.01%, 0.04%, 40.41 MJ/kg, 0.83, 0.23 mg KOH/g, 143.67 °C, 5.16 mm2/s, 0.83 g/cm3 respectively in the biodiesel which was yield by transesterification done using Alkali catalyst (0.56 % NaOH) at 60 °C temperature.
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Kelaiya S. V, Chauhan P. M, Akbari S. H. Fuel Property of Biodiesel Made from Microalgae (Chlorella Sp.). Curr World Environ 2015;10(3) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.3.21
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Kelaiya S. V, Chauhan P. M, Akbari S. H. Fuel Property of Biodiesel Made from Microalgae (Chlorella Sp.). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=13184
