Subcritical water extraction of lipids from wet algal biomass

Title: Subcritical water extraction of lipids from wet algal biomass

Methods of lipid extraction from biomass, in particular wet algae, through conventionally heated subcritical water, and microwave-assisted subcritical water. In one embodiment, fatty acid methyl esters from solids in a polar phase are further extracted to increase biofuel production.

Inventors:: Deng, Shuguang; Reddy, Harvind K.; Schaub, Tanner; Holguin, Francisco Omar

Issue Date:: 2016-05-03

OSTI Identifier:: 1250461

Assignee:: Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, NM) DOEEE

Patent Number(s):: 9,328,310

Application Number:: 13/936,874

Contract Number:: EE0003046

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Jul 08

Research Org:: Arrowhead Center, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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