Research Article
Feasibility Study for Production of Biofuel and Chemicals from Marine Microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. Based on Basic Mass and Energy Analysis
Table 2
GC/MS analysis of bio-oil obtained from pyrolysis of algae biomass (after lipid extraction).
| Name of the compound | Estimated concentration (g/m3) | Enthalpy of combustion (KJ/mol) | Mass fraction | Molecular mass (g/mol) | Heating value (MJ/kg) at 25°C and 1 atm |
| Acetone | 110 | −1772 | 0.5400 | 58.08 | −16.5000 | 2-Butonone | 65 | −2444.2 | 0.3200 | 72.11 | −10.8000 | Trimethylamine | 7.2 | 0.0360 | 0.0325 | 59 | −1.4900 | Propanal,2-methyl | 0.8 | −2469.4 | 0.0040 | 72 | 0.1400 | Propanenitrile | 2.3 | −1948.3 | 0.0112 | 55.08 | 0.4000 |
Butanal,2-methyl | 0.4 | −2560.8 | 0.0020 | 86.13 | 0.0590 | Butanenitrile,3-methyl | 3.6 | −3246 | 0.0176 | 86.13 | −0.6887 | Pyrrole | 3.1 | −2351.7 | 0.0150 | 67 | −0.5400 | Pentanenitrile,4-methyl | 4 | −3637 | 0.0195 | 97 | 0.7348 | Pyridine,2-methyl | 0.2 | −3292 | 0.0009 | 93 | −0.0346 | 1,3-Butadiene,2-methyl | 0.2 | −3158.2 | 0.0009 | 68 | −0.0455 |
| Total | | | | | 32 MJ/kg of oil |
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