TITLE:
Bio-Oil Extracted of Wet Biomass of the Microalga Monoraphidium sp. for Production of Renewable Hydrocarbons
AUTHORS:
Yordanka R. Cruz, Gisel Ch. Díaz, Viviane de S. Borges, Andreina Z. F. Leonett, René G. Carliz, Vinicius Rossa, Vitor M. E. S. Silva, Carolina Vieira Viegas, Donato A. G. Aranda, Luciano B. Oliveira
KEYWORDS:
Renewable Hydrocarbons, Hydrotreatment, Bio-Oil, Monoraphidium sp.
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
25,
2019
ABSTRACT: Renewable hydrocarbons refer to fuels consisting of hydrocarbons of 10 to 20 carbon atoms, produced from biomass, and free of oxygen. Hydrocracking, hydrodeoxygenation and hydrotreatment processes for the production of renewable hydrocarbons are described in the literature. Microalgae have been targeted in recent years to synthesize biomass that can be used in the production of biofuels, such as renewable hydrocarbons, biodiesel or ethanol second generation. In this context the lineage Monoraphidium sp. was selected from previous ecophysiological studies and its potential to produce lipids to develop this research related with the extraction of the bio-oil of the wet biomass of Monoraphidium sp. through heat treatment. Consecutively the bio-oil was used as raw material for the production of hydrocarbons through hydrocracking and hydrodeoxygenation processes (HDO) as: decarbonylation, decarboxylation, dehydratation, with in situ production of hydrogen from liquid-phase reforming of glycerol. The reactions were carried out under two different temperature conditions, 350°C and 300°C, respectively, for 1 h and using ruthenium alumina catalyst (Ru/Al2O3). The results showed the bio-oil processing route at a temperature of 350°C promising for the production of hydrocarbons achieving a conversion of 81.54%.