Review Article: Biodiesel Production by Micro-Organism

Authors

  • Zainulabdeen H. A. Al-Khafaji Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, IRAQ.
  • Younis Saadi Saeed Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, IRAQ.
  • Mohammed Arafat Mohammed Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, IRAQ.
  • Bahaa Abdullah Lafttah Al-Rubaii Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IRAQ.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31033/ijrasb.9.2.30

Keywords:

biodiesel production, physical properties, transesterification, species, microalgae

Abstract

Due to various dwindling resources as well as the significance of such resources to the building of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, ongoing usage petroleum-based energies has also now generally regarded as irresponsible. For sustainable food production, alternative, dioxide transportation hydrocarbons were required. Gasoline made using oilseed crops has the ability to just be a sustainable or nitrogen biofuel. Consequently, gasoline fuel made using energy crops, leftover sunflower oil, including sunflower oil may provide a tiny portion of the current requirement for fuel sources. Organisms are often the primary basis of sustainable biofuels to provide the rising demands for fuel sources, as proven elsewhere. That research has carried out to determine the correct conversion, quantity of producing biofuels (ester), but also biofuel physical features. Cyanobacteria, like trees, absorb sunlight to produce lipids, but they do so extremely effectively. Many microalgae have oils efficiency that much surpasses those of the strongest seed oils. It really is explored how to make microalgae biomass biofuel financially viable against petroleum diesel.

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Zainulabdeen H. A. Al-Khafaji, Younis Saadi Saeed, Mohammed Arafat Mohammed, & Bahaa Abdullah Lafttah Al-Rubaii. (2022). Review Article: Biodiesel Production by Micro-Organism. International Journal for Research in Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, 9(2), 329–346. https://doi.org/10.31033/ijrasb.9.2.30

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