Research Article

Feasibility Study for Production of Biofuel and Chemicals from Marine Microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. Based on Basic Mass and Energy Analysis

Table 1

FAME composition by GC/MS analysis. The total fatty acid composition did not account for 100% because some of the peaks were not assigned. Only the fatty acids that affect the quality of the biodiesel were measured.

Fatty acidConcentration (w/w%)

Methyl eicosapentaenoic C20:5 (n-3)29%
Methyl linoleate C18:2 (n-6)5.76%
Methyl palmitate C16:010%
Methyl palmioleate C16:1 (n-7)16%