Fuel from microalgae lipid products

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6772769

Hill, A M; Feinberg, D A

The large-scale production of microalgae is a promising method of producing a renewable feedstock for a wide variety of fuel products currently refined from crude petroleum. These microalgae-derived products include lipid extraction products (triglycerides, fatty acids, and hydrocarbons) and catalytic conversion products (paraffins and olefins). Microalgal biomass productivity and lipid composition of current experimental systems are estimated at 66.0 metric tons per hectare year and 30% lipid content. Similar yields in a large-scale facility indicate that production costs are approximately six times higher than the average domestic price for crude, well-head petroleum. Based on achievable targets for productivity and production costs, the potential for microalgae as a fuel feedstock is presented in context with selected process refining routes and is compared with conventional and alternative feedstocks (e.g., oilseeds) with which microalgae must compete. 24 references, 9 figures, 4 tables.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 6772769
• Report Number(s): SERI/TP-231-2348; CONF-840493-2; ON: DE84004506
• Resource Relation: Conference: Energy from biomass technical review meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 23 Apr 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
ALGAE
PRODUCTIVITY
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANTS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
DIESEL FUELS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALKANES
ALKENES
BIOSYNTHESIS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CONVERSION
COST
HYDROCARBONS
LIPIDS
TRIGLYCERIDES
VEGETABLE OILS
ECONOMICS
ESTERS
FUELS
OILS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLANTS
SYNTHESIS
AQUATIC SPECIES PROGRAM
FEEDSTOCKS
MICROALGAE
BIOMASS
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