Decarboxylation of microalgal oil without hydrogen into hydrocarbon for the production of transportation fuel

Physical and rheological properties of deasphalted oil produced from solvent deasphalting

“…The boiling points of DAO and VR were distributed from 440 to 750°C, and a considerable weight change was found $600°C. The boiling point of DAO was lower than that of VR, implying that DAO had a lower molecular weight than VR [36].…”

Improvement in liquid fuel product quality from reactions of grape marc with CO/H2O

“…The linear and branched hydrocarbons (alkanes and alkenes) were probably formed by decarboxylation, pyrolysis or b-cleavage of fatty acids [16] , or hydrogenation reactions which may involve alcohol and/or alkene intermediates [17]. Fatty acids remaining in the DCM solubles, such as hexanoic acid, octanoic acid, nonanoic acid, decanoic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid and stearic acid may have been formed by decomposition of triglycerides [18]. However, these compounds in uncombined form, particularly oleic and stearic acids, are themselves important constituents of grape seed oil [3].…”

Ceria promoted deoxygenation and denitrogenation of Thalassiosira weissflogii and its model compounds by catalytic in-situ pyrolysis

“…Furthermore, algae biodiesel has certain disadvantages, such as a high cloud point and low energy content that limit its wider usage (Gerpen, 2005). Another problem with algal biodiesel is that only the lipid portion of algae is utilised and the rest (carbohydrates and proteins) is considered as waste in terms of fuel use (Na et al, 2012). For low-lipid microalgae, thermochemical conversion processes such pyrolysis for conversion of all components is more suitable to produce bio-fuels or valuable chemicals (Vardon et al, 2012;.…”