scholarly journals Cultivo en efluentes urbanos del alga Scenedesmus quadricauda (Sphaeropleales: Scenedesmaceae) y su potencial para biodiesel: perfil de ésteres metílicos de ácidos grasos

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-221
Author(s):  
Ruth Salomon ◽  
Marcela Crevero ◽  
Enrique Rost ◽  
Marisa Carstens ◽  
Ariel Parra ◽  
...  

Microalgae stand as biodiesel feedstock for high productivity and good quality of lipids. This paper presents the fatty acid methyl ester profile of Scenedesmus quadricauda. The culture was grown in Trelew city sewage, Patagonia, Argentina, in 20L at 23±1ºC, 12:12 photoperiod, fluorescent lighting tubes at 33μE m-2s-1 and agitation by air bubbling. Percentage of fatty acid methyl esters was 7,89%, it was determined by Lepage method. The profile was obtained by gas chromatography. Methyl linolenate (C18: 3) and polyunsaturated (≥4 double bonds) ester fractions were 15,06% and 0,83% respectively. The unsaturation index (0,84) was estimated and some biodiesel parameters were calculated through it: kinematic viscosity (4,68mm s -2), iodine value (75,15), cetane number (57,28), cloud point (8,78°C), specific gravity (0,88) and higher heating value (40,01MJ/kg). Linolenic acid ester fraction is above the limit value of EN 14214:2003 (<12%). However, one can modify unsaturation in this strain by varying the temperature. It is also possible to increase the lipid proportion by maintaining the culture at low nitrogen concentration by venting NH3 to increase pH during photosynthesis.

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Ozbek ◽  
O Aktas

The cellular fatty acid profiles of 67 strains belonging to three different species of the genus Mycobacterium were determined by gas chromatography of the fatty acid methyl esters, using the MIDI Sherlock® Microbial Identification System (MIS). The species M. tuberculosis, M. xenopi and M. avium complex were clearly distinguishable and could be identified based on the presence and concentrations of 12 fatty acids: 14:0, 15:0, 16:1ω7c, 16:1ω6c, 16:0, 17:0, 18:2ω6,9c, 18:1ω9c, 18:0, 10Me-18:0 tuberculostearic acid, alcohol and cyclopropane. Fatty acid analysis showed that there is great homogeneity within and heterogeneity between Mycobacterium species. Thus the MIS is an accurate, efficient and relatively rapid method for the identification of mycobacteria.


Fuel ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 620-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Baghban ◽  
Mohammad Navid Kardani ◽  
Amir H. Mohammadi

2020 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 924-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Bemani ◽  
Qingang Xiong ◽  
Alireza Baghban ◽  
Sajjad Habibzadeh ◽  
Amir H. Mohammadi ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 766-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Thangaraja ◽  
S. Rajkumar

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and an attractive alternative to replace fossil diesel without major engine modifications. However, the emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from biodiesel fuelled engines are reported to be higher compared to diesel engine. The characteristics of biodiesel are known to depend on their fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) contents which vary with the feedstock. Thus the contribution of saturation and unsaturation of pure components of fatty acid methyl esters on NOx formation warrants a systematic investigation. This paper attempts to relate the composition of biodiesel with NOx formation. For this purpose, the NO formation from pure fatty acid methyl esters are predicted using extended Zeldovich reaction scheme. Also, the experiments are conducted for measuring oxides of nitrogen from a compression ignition engine operated using neat palm and karanja methyl esters and their blends providing biodiesel combinations of varying degree of saturation for investigation. The measured NOx concentrations are compared with the corresponding predictions to affirm the influence of fatty acid methyl ester on engine NOx characteristics. The results clearly indicate that the change in degree of saturation influences the NOx formation and an increase in the degree of saturation of biodiesel decreases the engine NOx emission.


Parasitology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 140 (8) ◽  
pp. 972-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAREK GOŁĘBIOWSKI ◽  
MAGDALENA CERKOWNIAK ◽  
MAŁGORZATA DAWGUL ◽  
WOJCIECH KAMYSZ ◽  
MIECZYSŁAWA I. BOGUŚ ◽  
...  

SUMMARYThe composition of the fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and alcohol fractions of the cuticular and internal lipids of Calliphora vomitoria larvae, pupae and male/female adults was obtained by separating these two fractions by HPLC–LLSD and analysing them quantitatively using GC–MS. Analysis of the cuticular lipids of the worldwide, medically important ectoparasite C. vomitoria revealed 6 FAMEs with odd-numbered carbon chains from C15:0 to C19:0 in the larvae, while internal lipids contained 9 FAMEs ranging from C15:1 to C19:0. Seven FAMEs from C15:0 to C19:0 were identified in the cuticular lipids of the pupae, whereas the internal lipids of the pupae contained 10 FAMEs from C13:0 to C19:0. The cuticular lipids of males and females and also the internal lipids of males contained 5, 7 and 6 FAMEs from C15:0 to C19:0 respectively. Seven FAMEs from C13:0 to C19:0 were identified in the internal lipids of females, and 7, 6, 5 and 3 alcohols were found in the cuticular lipids of larvae, pupae, males and females respectively. Only saturated alcohols with even-numbered carbon chains were present in these lipids. Only 1 alcohol (C22:0) was detected in the internal lipids of C. vomitoria larvae, while just 4 alcohols from – C18:0 to C24:0 – were identified in the internal lipids of pupae, and males and females. We also identified glycerol and cholesterol in the larvae, pupae, males and females of C. vomitoria. The individual alcohols and FAMEs, as well as their mixtures isolated from the cuticular and internal lipids of larvae, pupae, males and females of C. vomitoria, demonstrated antimicrobial activity against entomopathogenic fungi.


2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 502-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet C. Gören ◽  
Gökhan Bilsel ◽  
Mehmet Altun ◽  
Fatih Satıl

Abstract The chemical composition of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from seeds of S. thymbra and S. cuneifolia were analyzed by GC/MS. 7 FAMEs were identified from the seeds of S. thymbra mainly as 9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester (43.9%), hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (11.4%), 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid methyl ester (Z,Z,Z) (30.2%), and octadecanoic acid methyl ester (14.1%), while from the seed of S. cuneifolia 10 FAMEs were obtained with the main components, similar to S. thymbra. These were identified as 9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester (10.1%), hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (methyl palmitate, 34.6%), 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid methyl ester (Z,Z,Z) (6.3%) and octadecanoic acid methyl ester (1.8%).


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (26) ◽  
pp. 3949-3955
Author(s):  
Rodrigo V. P. Leal ◽  
Gabriel F. Sarmanho ◽  
Luiz H. Leal ◽  
Bruno C. Garrido ◽  
Lucas J. Carvalho ◽  
...  

Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) intensities, by ESI-MS, used to their quantification in biodiesel.


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