Composition of Algal Oil and Its Potential as Biofuel

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center">Centrifuge</td><td align="center">Filtration</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Specific electricity demand</td><td align="center">3.6 to 14.4</td><td align="center">1.8</td><td align="center">MJ/m³</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ratio of separation</td><td align="center">90</td><td align="center">80</td><td align="center">%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Electricity demand and ratio of separation for different separation technologies (adapted data from [<a href="/journals/jc/2012/285185/#B9">9</a>, <a href="/journals/jc/2012/285185/#B28">25</a>, <a href="/journals/jc/2012/285185/#B29">26</a>, <a href="/journals/jc/2012/285185/#B45">28</a>]). A detailed review is available from [<a href="/journals/jc/2012/285185/#B44">29</a>].

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Composition of Algal Oil and Its Potential as Biofuel

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