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Method for producing biodiesel using microorganisms without drying process

A technology of biodiesel and microorganisms, which is applied to the preparation of biological raw materials, biofuels, and liquid hydrocarbon mixtures, and can solve problems such as expensive and complicated processes

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-07-23
KOREA RES INST OF BIOSCI & BIOTECH
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The existing biodiesel conversion process is complex and expensive as it includes drying and lipid extraction steps after harvesting the microalgae

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Embodiment 1

[0077] Method for producing biodiesel without drying and lipid extraction steps

[0078] Microalgae culture

[0079] To prepare FAME for use as biodiesel, microalgae Chlorella vulgaris AG10032 (provided by Biological Resource Center (BRC), Korea) was cultured in BG11 medium in a 7 L fermenter (see Rippka, R., DeReuelles, J., Waterbury, J.B., Herdman, M.&Stanier, R.Y.(1979).Generic assignments, strain histories and properties of pure cultures of cyanobacteria.J Gen Microbiol111, 1-61) were cultivated for 14 days, and the fermentor was cultured at 0.1 Air is replenished at a rate of v / v / m and passed by light at 120 μmol m -2 the s -1 irradiated. Measure dry cell weight of cultured microalgae. 50 mL of the cultured microalgae was centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 5 minutes at 25° C. using a 50 mL conical tube, and then the supernatant was removed to obtain a pellet (with a dry weight of about 0.1 g of wet biomass).

[0080] Transesterification reaction

[0081] 0.1 g of the pel...

Embodiment 2

[0099] is used to optimize the RSM (response surface method) analysis of transesterification

[0100] Add the precipitate to a predetermined amount of methanol, disperse evenly under stirring, and then use Minitab14 to carry out RSM to obtain in-situ transesterification efficiency according to the amount of catalyst (G.Vicente et al.: Industrial Crops and Products8 (1998) 29-35) (Fig. 4) .

[0101] As a result, the amount of FAME can be estimated from the amount of catalyst, the amount of biomass, and the reaction temperature. In addition, it was found that there was no significant difference in the amount of biodiesel produced in the temperature range of 4°C to 70°C, so the reaction can be efficiently performed at room temperature (ie, 25°C). Furthermore, increasing the amount of biomass was found to have no significant effect on the amount of FAME produced (Figures 4B and 4D). However, the amount of biodiesel showed a pattern with respect to the amount of catalyst, where ...

Embodiment 3

[0102] Discriminate transesterification according to the amount of catalyst by RSM analysis

[0103] In situ transesterification efficiency according to catalyst amount was measured by RSM using biomass dispersed in methanol.

[0104] Specifically, 0.1 g of the precipitate (wet biomass) obtained in Example was added to 100 mL of methanol and dispersed under stirring for 1 hour. The biomass uniformly dispersed in methanol was added to a 500mL double-jacketed reactor, and 0.00g, 0.01g, 0.02g, 0.05g, 0.10g, 0.20g, 0.50g, 1.00g, 2.00g and 3.00 g of NaOH was used as a catalyst and transesterification was carried out at 25° C. (room temperature) with stirring at 300 rpm. Furthermore, the type and amount of FAME produced after transesterification was identified.

[0105] As a result, similar to the RSM analysis results, the amount of catalyst and the amount of FAME produced were inversely proportional to each other. Similar amounts of FAME were produced when the amount of cataly...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for producing biodiesel without a drying process or lipid component extraction process in an environment predominantly containing alcohol. The present invention provides a method for producing biodiesel, in which the method may establish an optimum condition for transesterification to thus produce biodiesel in an effective manner even without a catalyst, thus reducing the number of processes, the production cost and time while increasing the yield rate of bio-diesels.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method for the production of biodiesel in which extraction of lipid components and transesterification are carried out simultaneously under ambient conditions in moist microorganisms, including microalgae and oleaginous microorganisms, without drying and lipid extraction step. Background technique [0002] Biodiesel is fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), which is a non-polluting fuel prepared from vegetable oil, microalgae, oleaginous microorganisms, etc. as raw materials, and has a purity of 95% or higher. Because of its physical properties similar to diesel, biodiesel can be used as an additive to diesel vehicles or as a fuel for general vehicles. [0003] Biodiesel has an environmental improvement effect of reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases caused by the use of existing fossil energy. Furthermore, biodiesel is produced from reusable biomass and thus avoids potential problems (such as exhaustion of energy so...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C10G3/00C10L1/32C12P7/649C12P7/6458
CPCC10L2290/544C10L1/026C10L2200/0476C10L2290/08C10L2290/26C11C3/003Y02P30/20C12P7/649Y02E50/10C12P7/6458C10G3/00C10L1/32
Inventor 吴熙穆罗现俊李在涓金熙植安致勇
Owner KOREA RES INST OF BIOSCI & BIOTECH