Conversion of halophilic algae into extractable oils

✍ Scribed by Yosef Goldman; Nissim Garti; Yoel Sasson; Ben-Zion Ginzburg; M.R. Bloch

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 358 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-2361
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-2361(80)90163-5

✦ Synopsis

A salt water slurry of Dunaliella Parva, an halophilic alga, was treated in order to convert it into benzene-soluble material, as rich as possible in carbon and hydrogen. Several features have been brought to light during the course of this work: (1) 25% of the combined carbon can be extracted under mild conditions of pressure (atmospheric) and temperature; (2) the presence of CO as well as transition metals salts, had only minor effect on the conversion and the composition of the product; and (3) up to 75% of the combined carbon is converted by in-situ presence of benzene during the pyrolysis of the alga-salt water slurry.