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Fuel Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) Produced with Fats of Gamma - Irradiated Mutants of Oleaginous Microalga - Chlorella sp. KM504965

Volume : 109
Issue: March(1-3)
Pages: 28 - 35
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Published: February 22, 2022
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Abstract


In the current study, biodiesel properties of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) derived from fats of four gamma-irradiated mutants (Cl801, Cl802 Cl803 & Cl804) and wild type (ClWT) of Chlorella sp. KM504965 were determined and compared with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), European Norm (EN) and Indian standards (IS). Maximum concentration of saturated fatty acids (62.69%), monounsaturated fatty acids (36.29%) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (15.49%) recorded in ClWT, Cl801 and Cl803 respectively. The kinematic viscosity of Cl801 (4.88 mm2s-1), Cl802 (4.90 mm2s-1), Cl803 (4.73 mm2s-1), Cl804 (4.88 mm2s-1) and ClWT (4.92 mm2s-1) fits with ASTM, EN and IS. The density of Cl801 (0.83 gcm-3), Cl802 (0.84 gcm-3), Cl803 (0.78 gcm-3), Cl804 (0.80 gcm-3) and ClWT (0.81 gcm-3) was slightly lower than the standard limits (0.86 – 0.90 gcm-3). The high heating value of Cl801 (37.62 MJKg-1), Cl802 (38.15 MJKg-1), Cl803 (34.93 MJKg-1), Cl804 (36.44 MJKg-1) and ClWT (36.99 MJKg-1) were in accordance with ASTM standards. The iodine value was 47.38 mgI2 100g-1 (Cl801), 52.18 mgI2 100g-1 (Cl802), 50.87 mgI2100g-1 (Cl803), 47.04 mgI2100g-1 (Cl804), and 27.45 mgI2100g-1 (ClWT). The oxidative stability was 10.78 h (Cl801), 6.60 h (Cl802), 6.44 h (Cl803), 9.06 h (Cl804) and 39.83 h (ClWT). The cetane number of Cl801 (63.3), Cl802 (61.80), Cl803 (62.16), Cl804 (64.99) and ClWT (68.7) was greater than the standard values (61 to 65). It is concluded that the biodiesel from mutants could comply IS, ASTM, and EN and equivalent with biodiesel from vegetable oil.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Chlorella; Mutants; Fats; Biodiesel property; Viscosity; Density

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