Avaliação da potencialidade de microalgas dulcícolas como fonte de matéria-prima graxa para a produção de biodiesel Evaluation of the potentiality of freshwater microalgae as a source of raw material for biodiesel production

<abstract language="eng">In this work, the fatty acid quantity and composition of six freshwater microalgae and soybean grains was determined by direct transesterification and gas chromatography analysis. The results showed that all the freshwater microalgae species presented a highe...

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Main Authors: Rafael Silva Menezes, Maria Inês Gonçalves Leles, Aline Terra Soares, Pedro Ivo Brandão e Melo Franco, Nelson Roberto Antoniosi Filho, Célia Leite Sant'Anna, Armando Augusto Henriques Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2013-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422013000100003