Abstract
A vacuum distillation apparatus was developed for distillation of biofuel from microalgal model solution. A residue curve was made to investigate the efficiency of oil distillation, using a modified UNIFAC equation for the calculation. From the results, n-hexane was highly separated from microalgal oil at 40 kPa. Squalane was gradually evaporated with recovery of n-hexane from the feed components.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 42-47 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | kagaku kogaku ronbunshu |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Mar 20 |
Keywords
- Distillation
- Microalgae
- Modified UNIFAC
- Residue curve
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)