KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU, Vol.42, No.2, 42-47, 2016
Application of Vacuum Distillation to Rectification of Biofuel from Microalgae
A vacuum distillation apparatus was developed for distillation of biofuel from microalgal model solution. A residue curve was made to investigate the efficiency of oil distillation, using a modified UNIFAC equation for the calculation. From the results, n-hexane was highly separated from microalgal oil at 40 kPa. Squalane was gradually evaporated with recovery of n-hexane from the feed components.