Pub Date : 2019-07-24DOI: 10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244915
Prakash Bhuyar, Nurul Aqilah Binti Mohd Tamizi, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas Maniam, Natanamurugaraj Govindan
In this study, the research was made to understand the knowledge widely related to the degradation process of polyethylene polymer. The mode of treatment that involves in the degradation process of polyethylene is physical treatment while the method of degradation used is photo-degradation of UV light. By using the physical treatment of UV irradiation light, it helps by affecting the bonding that holds the polymer together to break and weakens the plastic. From the result obtained in FTIR and SEM analysis, in FTIR spectrum of LDPE shows higher transmittance compared to FTIR spectrum of HDPE both UV-treated for 30 days. This indicates the high transmittance have few bonds to absorb light in the LDPE sample, low transmittance in HDPE sample means has high population of bonds which have vibrational energies corresponding to the incident light. For SEM result, the polyethylene for LDPE plastic sheet shows the best results for degradation and managed to reduce the weight loss at 87.5% compared to HDPE plastic which at 21.6%.
{"title":"Effect of ultraviolet light on the degradation of Low-Density and High-Density Polyethylene characterized by the weight loss and FTIR","authors":"Prakash Bhuyar, Nurul Aqilah Binti Mohd Tamizi, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas Maniam, Natanamurugaraj Govindan","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244915","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the research was made to understand the knowledge widely related to the degradation process of polyethylene polymer. The mode of treatment that involves in the degradation process of polyethylene is physical treatment while the method of degradation used is photo-degradation of UV light. By using the physical treatment of UV irradiation light, it helps by affecting the bonding that holds the polymer together to break and weakens the plastic. From the result obtained in FTIR and SEM analysis, in FTIR spectrum of LDPE shows higher transmittance compared to FTIR spectrum of HDPE both UV-treated for 30 days. This indicates the high transmittance have few bonds to absorb light in the LDPE sample, low transmittance in HDPE sample means has high population of bonds which have vibrational energies corresponding to the incident light. For SEM result, the polyethylene for LDPE plastic sheet shows the best results for degradation and managed to reduce the weight loss at 87.5% compared to HDPE plastic which at 21.6%.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73780930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) technology in recent years has been actively used for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. Also, AnMBR technology has been considered as an alternative wastewater treatment application over conventional activated sludge system. AnMBRs are best possible operated with flat sheet, hollow fiber, or tubular membranes both in the microfiltration or in the ultrafiltration, but on ceramic membrane use has not been reported widely. AnMBRs are a desirable technology that needs additional research efforts and development. However, membrane fouling, which continues a major problem for all membrane bioreactors, seems much more serious under anaerobic than aerobic conditions. In this review, membrane fouling issues (including membrane fouling mechanism, classification, influent parameters, and mitigation) were discussed and summarized. Moreover, in fouling control, biogas sparging and recirculation (i.e. methane production) were addressed. Lastly, future research perspectives relating to its application and membrane fouling research are planned.
{"title":"Membrane fouling issues in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) for biogas production","authors":"Prattakorn Sittisom, Obey Gotore, Rameshprabu Ramaraj, Giang Tran Van, Yuwalee Unpaprom, Tomoaki Itayama","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244911","url":null,"abstract":"Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) technology in recent years has been actively used for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. Also, AnMBR technology has been considered as an alternative wastewater treatment application over conventional activated sludge system. AnMBRs are best possible operated with flat sheet, hollow fiber, or tubular membranes both in the microfiltration or in the ultrafiltration, but on ceramic membrane use has not been reported widely. AnMBRs are a desirable technology that needs additional research efforts and development. However, membrane fouling, which continues a major problem for all membrane bioreactors, seems much more serious under anaerobic than aerobic conditions. In this review, membrane fouling issues (including membrane fouling mechanism, classification, influent parameters, and mitigation) were discussed and summarized. Moreover, in fouling control, biogas sparging and recirculation (i.e. methane production) were addressed. Lastly, future research perspectives relating to its application and membrane fouling research are planned.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75891649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-05DOI: 10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244909
Dongbao Wang, Junfeng Wang, Piyaphong Yongphet
A detailed experimental study on the evolution process of charged liquid deformation and breakup in another immiscible liquid from a capillary channel was conducted at micro-scale. By means of high-speed microscopy technique, various liquid spray modes and droplet formation processes were illustrated in detail at different flow rates and voltages. The effects of Reynolds (Re) and electric Bond (BoE) number on droplet size distribution were analyzed. It was found that droplet sizes rose with increasing Re while declined with increasing BoE. The experimental results show that electric field could promote interfacial area through decreasing interfacial tension to augment mass transfer between immiscible liquids at low flow rates. Besides, liquid spray experienced drip, deformation, breakup and jet modes with the increase of flow rate and electric potential. A critical Re of 170 was obtained beyond which electric field had little effect on liquid dynamic behaviors.
{"title":"Experimental study on liquid spray and small droplet formation in ethanol-oil system in a DC electric field","authors":"Dongbao Wang, Junfeng Wang, Piyaphong Yongphet","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244909","url":null,"abstract":"A detailed experimental study on the evolution process of charged liquid deformation and breakup in another immiscible liquid from a capillary channel was conducted at micro-scale. By means of high-speed microscopy technique, various liquid spray modes and droplet formation processes were illustrated in detail at different flow rates and voltages. The effects of Reynolds (Re) and electric Bond (BoE) number on droplet size distribution were analyzed. It was found that droplet sizes rose with increasing Re while declined with increasing BoE. The experimental results show that electric field could promote interfacial area through decreasing interfacial tension to augment mass transfer between immiscible liquids at low flow rates. Besides, liquid spray experienced drip, deformation, breakup and jet modes with the increase of flow rate and electric potential. A critical Re of 170 was obtained beyond which electric field had little effect on liquid dynamic behaviors.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75294328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-20DOI: 10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244908
Siti Norhafiza Mohd Khazaai, Nurul Aina Nasriqah Ma’arof, Nurul Hajar Embong, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas Maniam
Nowadays due to the depletion of non-renewable energy resources, production of green material from domestic wastes has played an important role. The waste of banana peel impregnated with calcium oxide (CaO) from eggshell had successfully been used as a low-cost catalyst to transesterify soybean oil to produce methyl ester. The catalytic actions from potassium and calcium oxide content in calcined banana peel (700°C) and eggshell (900°C) discover through FT-IR, XRD, and SEM. Methyl ester conversion can be obtained at 76.87 wt.% with the optimal condition of 7 wt.% of catalyst amount, methanol/oil mass ratio, 9:1; and the reaction temperature, 65 °C within 2 h reaction time.
{"title":"Mixed domestic-waste catalysts for methyl ester production of soybean oil","authors":"Siti Norhafiza Mohd Khazaai, Nurul Aina Nasriqah Ma’arof, Nurul Hajar Embong, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas Maniam","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i2.244908","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays due to the depletion of non-renewable energy resources, production of green material from domestic wastes has played an important role. The waste of banana peel impregnated with calcium oxide (CaO) from eggshell had successfully been used as a low-cost catalyst to transesterify soybean oil to produce methyl ester. The catalytic actions from potassium and calcium oxide content in calcined banana peel (700°C) and eggshell (900°C) discover through FT-IR, XRD, and SEM. Methyl ester conversion can be obtained at 76.87 wt.% with the optimal condition of 7 wt.% of catalyst amount, methanol/oil mass ratio, 9:1; and the reaction temperature, 65 °C within 2 h reaction time.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73704854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The objective of this research was to predict the moisture content of Sang Yod germinated paddy with infrared radiation power value of 1,000 watts at 60, 80 and 100 °C and hot air temperatures of velocity 1.1 m/s at 60, 80 and 100°C using empirical model. In this research, the moisture content of the dried samples was compared with the moisture content of the drying using the empirical model. The results showed that Verma model was most suitable to describe the drying behavior of germinated paddy at 60, 80 and 100 °C drying temperature when dried with infrared and hot air.
{"title":"Mathematical model of germinated paddy drying","authors":"Hathaichanok Netkham, Supawan Tirawanichakul, Sirinuch Chindaruksa, Yutthana Tirawanichakul","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244900","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this research was to predict the moisture content of Sang Yod germinated paddy with infrared radiation power value of 1,000 watts at 60, 80 and 100 °C and hot air temperatures of velocity 1.1 m/s at 60, 80 and 100°C using empirical model. In this research, the moisture content of the dried samples was compared with the moisture content of the drying using the empirical model. The results showed that Verma model was most suitable to describe the drying behavior of germinated paddy at 60, 80 and 100 °C drying temperature when dried with infrared and hot air.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86558058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In 2014-2015, there was approximately 26,823.44 x106 kg of the residue leftover from agricultural products in Northern Thailand and roughly 18,943.57x106 kg or 70.62% were left unutilized. The aim of this research was to survey and calculate the proportion of agricultural area and products as well as their corresponding waste towards potential of biogas production using biochemical methane potential (BMP) method. The results showed that rice straw was the most promising feedstock for methane production with the highest biogas yield of 363 mlN /gVSadded followed by sugarcane leaves and corn cob having 333 and 318 mlN/gVSadded, respectively. Additionally, the predicted areas for growing rice and corn decreased. Meanwhile areas for growing cassava, sugarcane and oil palm increase slightly. This study also found out that the unused agricultural waste generation was decreased due to improved waste utilization.
{"title":"Assessment of the biogas potential from agricultural waste in northern Thailand","authors":"Jiraporn Kaewdiew, Rameshprabu Ramaraj, Sirichai Koonaphapdeelert, Natthawud Dussadee","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244899","url":null,"abstract":"In 2014-2015, there was approximately 26,823.44 x106 kg of the residue leftover from agricultural products in Northern Thailand and roughly 18,943.57x106 kg or 70.62% were left unutilized. The aim of this research was to survey and calculate the proportion of agricultural area and products as well as their corresponding waste towards potential of biogas production using biochemical methane potential (BMP) method. The results showed that rice straw was the most promising feedstock for methane production with the highest biogas yield of 363 mlN /gVSadded followed by sugarcane leaves and corn cob having 333 and 318 mlN/gVSadded, respectively. Additionally, the predicted areas for growing rice and corn decreased. Meanwhile areas for growing cassava, sugarcane and oil palm increase slightly. This study also found out that the unused agricultural waste generation was decreased due to improved waste utilization.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79473957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper reports the comparison of an optimized pretreatment model for Reducing Sugar (RS) production from Sugarcane leaf (SL) using NaOH to depolymerize of lignocellulosic biomass. The addition variables for a pretreatment model consisted of NaOH concentrations, heating temperatures and pretreatment times in the variety of 1-2% (v/v), 30-40 °C and 1-3 days individually. After pretreatment RS was estimated to transform into energy, both of RS and the energy were optimized by Respond surface methodology (RSM) on Central composite design (CCD). The models showed high determinational coefficients (R2) above 0.9876. Process optimization provided highest RS yield and energy of 5.632 g/L and 90.112 kJ/L. for NaOH pretreatment at condition 2% (v/v) NaOH, low temperature (40 °C) for 3 days. This report presented demonstrate that sugarcane leaf waste which is usually burnt after harvesting can be a part of renewable source for the biofuel production.
{"title":"Optimization of combined pre-treatments on sugarcane leaves for bioethanol production","authors":"Numchok Manmai, Katherine Bautista, Yuwalee Unpaprom, Rameshprabu Ramaraj","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244898","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the comparison of an optimized pretreatment model for Reducing Sugar (RS) production from Sugarcane leaf (SL) using NaOH to depolymerize of lignocellulosic biomass. The addition variables for a pretreatment model consisted of NaOH concentrations, heating temperatures and pretreatment times in the variety of 1-2% (v/v), 30-40 °C and 1-3 days individually. After pretreatment RS was estimated to transform into energy, both of RS and the energy were optimized by Respond surface methodology (RSM) on Central composite design (CCD). The models showed high determinational coefficients (R2) above 0.9876. Process optimization provided highest RS yield and energy of 5.632 g/L and 90.112 kJ/L. for NaOH pretreatment at condition 2% (v/v) NaOH, low temperature (40 °C) for 3 days. This report presented demonstrate that sugarcane leaf waste which is usually burnt after harvesting can be a part of renewable source for the biofuel production.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78153103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-03-10DOI: 10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244897
Binita Dev, Balasubramanian P, Jayabalan R
Seawater can reduce the freshwater footprint in bioethanol industries by replacing it in several bioprocessing steps in bioethanol production. However, the yeasts must be salt tolerant and be able to produce ethanol in seawater. In the present study, the salt tolerance capacity of two ethanologenic yeasts was checked in YPD and YPX media in the presence and absence of salt by comparing their growth and fermentation ability to produce ethanol. P. stiptis NCIM 3498 performed better regarding ethanol production when compared to S. cerevisiae NCIM 3570. The presence of salt did not impact the glucose and xylose fermentation by the yeasts.
{"title":"Effect of salt on growth and ethanol production of ethanologenic yeasts – A preliminary investigation","authors":"Binita Dev, Balasubramanian P, Jayabalan R","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244897","url":null,"abstract":"Seawater can reduce the freshwater footprint in bioethanol industries by replacing it in several bioprocessing steps in bioethanol production. However, the yeasts must be salt tolerant and be able to produce ethanol in seawater. In the present study, the salt tolerance capacity of two ethanologenic yeasts was checked in YPD and YPX media in the presence and absence of salt by comparing their growth and fermentation ability to produce ethanol. P. stiptis NCIM 3498 performed better regarding ethanol production when compared to S. cerevisiae NCIM 3570. The presence of salt did not impact the glucose and xylose fermentation by the yeasts.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87135436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-20DOI: 10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244896
Intan Shafinaz Abd Manaf, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas Maniam
This paper reports studies in ultrasound-assisted heterogeneous solid catalyzed (CaO) synthesis of biodiesel from catfish (Pangasius) fat. Ultrasonication provides a faster chemical reaction, and the rate enhancements, refereed by cavitation that causes the building- up of pressures and temperatures, as well as increased catalytic surface areas and improve mass transfer. This novel method offers significant advantages such as shorter reaction time and less energy consumption than the conventional method, efficient molar ratio of methanol to triglycerides and provides the mechanical energy for mixing. The required activation energy for initiating the transesterification reaction and so, it gives a higher yield by transesterification of oils into biodiesel. The optimized reaction conditions were as follows: methanol to oil molar ratio of 15:1; catalyst (B-CaO), 9 wt. %; reaction temperature, 65 ± 2 °C; reaction time, 1 h at a working frequency of 42 kHz and the power supply of 100W. Highest conversion of 96.4 wt. % was achieved.
{"title":"Biodiesel production from catfish (Pangasius) fat via ultrasound- assisted method","authors":"Intan Shafinaz Abd Manaf, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Gaanty Pragas Maniam","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244896","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports studies in ultrasound-assisted heterogeneous solid catalyzed (CaO) synthesis of biodiesel from catfish (Pangasius) fat. Ultrasonication provides a faster chemical reaction, and the rate enhancements, refereed by cavitation that causes the building- up of pressures and temperatures, as well as increased catalytic surface areas and improve mass transfer. This novel method offers significant advantages such as shorter reaction time and less energy consumption than the conventional method, efficient molar ratio of methanol to triglycerides and provides the mechanical energy for mixing. The required activation energy for initiating the transesterification reaction and so, it gives a higher yield by transesterification of oils into biodiesel. The optimized reaction conditions were as follows: methanol to oil molar ratio of 15:1; catalyst (B-CaO), 9 wt. %; reaction temperature, 65 ± 2 °C; reaction time, 1 h at a working frequency of 42 kHz and the power supply of 100W. Highest conversion of 96.4 wt. % was achieved.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83662517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-05DOI: 10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244895
Prakash Bhuyar, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Mashitah M. Yusoff, Gaanty Pragas Maniam, Natanamurugaraj Govindan
Biodiesel have become the important asset by the country especially to build up their economy. Currently, microalgae have been choosing as the source for production of biodiesel based on their advantages. Microalgae are a photosynthetic organism that use light as an energy source and able to produce their own food. These microalgae also produce a lipid that can be used to produce a biodiesel. Using microalgae that contain high lipid profile are very important to make sure the biodiesel can be produce in large quantity in short time and more cost saving. Although many microalgae species have been identified and isolated for lipid production, there is currently no consensus as to which species provide the highest productivity. Different species are expected to function best at different aquatic, geographical and climatic conditions. So, this experiment is conducted to identify which strain of microalgae contains high lipid profile that can be used to convert into the biodiesel. There are three main objectives that involve in this experiment which is to isolate and identify different strain of microalgae from Kuantan Coast, East Coast Peninsular Malaysia, to convert the lipid from microalgae into biodiesel through transesterification, and to estimate higher lipid profile of microalgae species for biodiesel production. Two species of green microalgae were isolated, which is Nannochloropsis sp and Coelastrum sp. Based on lipid extraction and lipid analysis, it shows that the Nannochloropsis sp. have more concentrated of lipid and higher lipid profile compared to Coelastrum sp. Hence, Nannochloropsis sp. are most suitable species that can be used as a biodiesel feedstock due to higher lipid profile of MUFA.
{"title":"A selective microalgae strain for biodiesel production in relation to higher lipid profile","authors":"Prakash Bhuyar, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Mashitah M. Yusoff, Gaanty Pragas Maniam, Natanamurugaraj Govindan","doi":"10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v1i1.244895","url":null,"abstract":"Biodiesel have become the important asset by the country especially to build up their economy. Currently, microalgae have been choosing as the source for production of biodiesel based on their advantages. Microalgae are a photosynthetic organism that use light as an energy source and able to produce their own food. These microalgae also produce a lipid that can be used to produce a biodiesel. Using microalgae that contain high lipid profile are very important to make sure the biodiesel can be produce in large quantity in short time and more cost saving. Although many microalgae species have been identified and isolated for lipid production, there is currently no consensus as to which species provide the highest productivity. Different species are expected to function best at different aquatic, geographical and climatic conditions. So, this experiment is conducted to identify which strain of microalgae contains high lipid profile that can be used to convert into the biodiesel. There are three main objectives that involve in this experiment which is to isolate and identify different strain of microalgae from Kuantan Coast, East Coast Peninsular Malaysia, to convert the lipid from microalgae into biodiesel through transesterification, and to estimate higher lipid profile of microalgae species for biodiesel production. Two species of green microalgae were isolated, which is Nannochloropsis sp and Coelastrum sp. Based on lipid extraction and lipid analysis, it shows that the Nannochloropsis sp. have more concentrated of lipid and higher lipid profile compared to Coelastrum sp. Hence, Nannochloropsis sp. are most suitable species that can be used as a biodiesel feedstock due to higher lipid profile of MUFA.","PeriodicalId":18176,"journal":{"name":"Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83496620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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