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Title: Lipid recovery from wet oleaginous microbial biomass for biofuel production: A critical review

Abstract

Biological lipids derived from oleaginous microorganisms are promising precursors for renewable biofuel productions. Direct lipid extraction from wet cell-biomass is favored because it eliminates the need for costly dehydration. However, the development of a practical and scalable process for extracting lipids from wet cell-biomass is far from ready to be commercialized, instead, requiring intensive research and development to understand the lipid accessibility, mechanisms in mass transfer and establish robust lipid extraction approaches that are practical for industrial applications. Furthermore, this paper aims to present a critical review on lipid recovery in the context of biofuel productions with special attention to cell disruption and lipid mass transfer to support extraction from wet biomass.

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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1328563
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1260141
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5100-65138
Journal ID: ISSN 0306-2619; S0306261916307772; PII: S0306261916307772
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Applied Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Applied Energy Journal Volume: 177 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; oleaginous microorganism; lipid; wet extraction; mass transfer; cell disruption; biofuel

Citation Formats

Dong, Tao, Knoshaug, Eric P., Pienkos, Philip T., and Laurens, Lieve M. L. Lipid recovery from wet oleaginous microbial biomass for biofuel production: A critical review. United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.002.
Dong, Tao, Knoshaug, Eric P., Pienkos, Philip T., & Laurens, Lieve M. L. Lipid recovery from wet oleaginous microbial biomass for biofuel production: A critical review. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.002
Dong, Tao, Knoshaug, Eric P., Pienkos, Philip T., and Laurens, Lieve M. L. Thu . "Lipid recovery from wet oleaginous microbial biomass for biofuel production: A critical review". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.002.
@article{osti_1328563,
title = {Lipid recovery from wet oleaginous microbial biomass for biofuel production: A critical review},
author = {Dong, Tao and Knoshaug, Eric P. and Pienkos, Philip T. and Laurens, Lieve M. L.},
abstractNote = {Biological lipids derived from oleaginous microorganisms are promising precursors for renewable biofuel productions. Direct lipid extraction from wet cell-biomass is favored because it eliminates the need for costly dehydration. However, the development of a practical and scalable process for extracting lipids from wet cell-biomass is far from ready to be commercialized, instead, requiring intensive research and development to understand the lipid accessibility, mechanisms in mass transfer and establish robust lipid extraction approaches that are practical for industrial applications. Furthermore, this paper aims to present a critical review on lipid recovery in the context of biofuel productions with special attention to cell disruption and lipid mass transfer to support extraction from wet biomass.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.002},
journal = {Applied Energy},
number = C,
volume = 177,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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