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Valuation of wastewater treatment and biodiesel production from microalgae by direct transesterification method

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Recently, algae have become the latest feasible source being targeted for biofuel production since they exhibit several attractive features. An investigation concerning the treatment of wastewater and the production of biodiesel by different cyanobacteria and micro-algae has been undertaken. Twelve soil and water samples were collected from different localities in Egypt. Eleven microalgae were isolated from collected soil and water samples and subjected to different purification methods. The isolated microalgae were used in the treatment of wastewater samples, and the physical and chemical properties of wastewater samples were evaluated before and after treatment. Determination of lipid content of all isolated microalgae was carried out and showed 2.10 up to 5.13% of lipid. Factors affecting the lipid content productivities by selected promising microalgae were investigated viz. pH, incubation periods, and nitrogen sources. Three isolates were selected for cultivation on large scale, Oscillatoria chalybea (2) with dry weight 1028.4 mg and lipid yield 0.72%, O. chalybea (3) with dry weight 480.4 mg and lipid yield 0.9%, and O. chalybea (5) with dry weight 524.4 mg and lipid yield 1.01%. Extraction of oil from microbial biomass was done by Bligh and Dyer method. The lipid composition was determined as fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) through the direct transesterification method. The conversion of the extracted oil into biodiesel was analyzed by standard gas chromatographic technique.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.132259.5818

Keywords

Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoria, Wastewater treatment, lipid content, transesterification, Biodiesel

Authors

First Name

Zeinab

Last Name

Taher

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Cairo, Egypt

Email

kamary44@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Amira Y.

Last Name

Mahfouz

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Cairo, Egypt

Email

amira.mohamed@azhar.edu.eg

City

Egypt

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First Name

Samy B.

Last Name

Elhenawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Process Development Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Cairo, Egypt

Email

samyepri@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Hassan A.

Last Name

Rabea

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University (Boys), Cairo, Egypt.

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hssnrabea@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Nagwa M.

Last Name

Sidkey

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Cairo, Egypt

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nagwa.sidkey@nagwasidkey.com

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Cairo

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Volume

65

Article Issue

13

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37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-04-08

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

895

Page End

907

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_255149.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Valuation of wastewater treatment and biodiesel production from microalgae by direct transesterification method

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22 Jan 2023