A Review of Enzymatic Transesterification of Microalgal Oil-Based Biodiesel Using Supercritical Technology

Table 13

Comparison of SC-CO₂ performance and other conventional extraction solvents on lipids extraction yields from microalgae biomass.

Microalgae species	SC-CO2	Other conventional solvents			Reference
		Acetone	Ethanol	n-Hexane
C. vulgaris	13.3	16.8	—	18.5	[128]
Nannochloropsis sp	25	—	—	23	[129]
S. platensis	7.8	—	—	7.7	[130]
chlorococum sp	5.8	—	—	3.2	[131]
S. maxima	2.5	4.7	5.7	2.6	[132]