Abstract

A REVIEW TO PRODUCTION OF BIODISEL FROM MICROALGAE

Bodhak V. I., Vikas B. More*, Pushkar A. Mahajan, Rushikesh M. Kawade, Rahul R. More and Prashant A. Kadnor

ABSTRACT

Global energy use has reached unprecedented levels and increasing human population, technological integration, and improving lifestyle will further fuel this demand As the search for alternatives to fossil fuels continues, microalgae have emerged as a promising renewable feed stock for bio diesel Enzymes such as microbial lipase can be effectively used as bio catalysts for bio- diesel production in a sustainable manner Factors such as bioreactor type, acyl acceptor, temperature, and glycerol can affect the enzymatic transesterification reaction. Biodiesel is often considered to improve energy security and reduce the impact of fuel on climate change However it was found that the impact of biodiesel towards other categories, i.e land use and respiratory in organics, was greater than petroleum diesel The concept of making biofuels, biochemicals, and by-products works well theoretically and at small scale, but when considering scaleup, many solutions can be dismissed on either economical or ecological ground.

Keywords: Microalgae, Lipid content, Oil extraction, Algae-biodiese.