Research Article
Characterization of the Fatty Acids Present in Wastewaters from Production of Biodiesel Tilapia
Table 3
Fatty acid composition from the wash waters (total mixture) of the biodiesel obtained from viscera of tilapia.
| | Fatty acid | Time (min) | % (w/w) |
| | C8:0 (caprylic acid) | 5.1 | 1.3 | | C10:0 (capric acid) | 8.5 | 1.8 | | C12:0 (lauric acid) | 12.5 | 34.6 | | C14:0 (myristic acid) | 16.4 | 24.9 | | C16:0 (palmitic acid) | 20.0 | 14.4 | | C16:1 (palmitoleic acid) | 20.4 | 0.0 | | C18:0 (stearic acid) | 23.3 | 3.2 | | C18:1 (oleic acid) | 23.6 | 7.1 | | C18:2 (linoleic acid) | 24.3 | 2.2 | | C18:3 (linolenic acid) | 25.4 | 7.0 | | C20:0 (arachidic acid) | 26.4 | 0.0 | | C22:0 (behenic acid) | 29.3 | 0.0 | | C22:1 (erucic acid) | 29.6 | 0.0 | | C24:0 (lignoceric acid) | 32.0 | 0.0 |
| | — | 80.2 |
| | — | 16.3 |
| | Total | — | 96.5 |
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