Application of Vacuum Distillation to Rectification of Biofuel from Microalgae

作者：Sugahara Satoshi; Ota Masaki; Sato Yoshiyuki; Inomata Hiroshi^*

来源：Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 2016, 42(2): 42-47.

DOI：10.1252/kakoronbunshu.42.42

• Distillation
• Residue Curve
• Modified UNIFAC
• Microalgae

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.

• 出版日期2016-3