Research Article
Subcritical Water Technology for Enhanced Extraction of Biochemical Compounds from Chlorella vulgaris
Table 2
Proximate analysis and ultimate analysis of C. vulgaris biomass.
| | Proximate analysis | Composition (wt.%) |
| | Moisture | 7.60 ± 0.1 | | Volatiles | 83.50 ± 0.3 | | Fixed carbon | 3.80 ± 0.1 | | Ash | 6.60 ± 0.2 |
| | Ultimate analysis | Composition (wt.%) | | Raw sample | SWE treated sample |
| | Carbon (C) | 47.11 ± 0.5 | 58.88 ± 0.6 | | Hydrogen (H) | 7.47 ± 0.3 | 8.55 ± 0.2 | | Oxygen (O) | 37.16 ± 0.3 | 25.03 ± 0.5 | | Nitrogen (N) | 8.26 ± 0.4 | 7.54 ± 0.1 | | Sulphur (S) | — | — | | Ash | — | — |
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