Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds
Extraction of carotenoids and fatty acids from microalgae is a technological bottleneck in processing. An improved extraction process was developed to scale the production of these bioproducts from Nannochloropsis gaditana. Different cell disruption methods were evaluated in terms of carotenoids...
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| author | Sales, Rafael Cerón-García, María del Carmen Navaro-López, Elvira González-López, Cynthia Victoria Yumi Tsuzuki, Mônica Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel Alarcón López, Francisco Javier Molina-Grima, Emilio |
| author_facet | Sales, Rafael Cerón-García, María del Carmen Navaro-López, Elvira González-López, Cynthia Victoria Yumi Tsuzuki, Mônica Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel Alarcón López, Francisco Javier Molina-Grima, Emilio |
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| description | Extraction of carotenoids and fatty acids from microalgae is a technological bottleneck in processing. An
improved extraction process was developed to scale the production of these bioproducts from
Nannochloropsis gaditana. Different cell disruption methods were evaluated in terms of carotenoids
release. Ethanol was substituted by isopropyl alcohol in a three-component solution of water:isopropyl
alcohol:hexane (WIH), in which the extracts were separated by solution partitioning. This resulted in
higher carotenoid and fatty acid recovery yields if compared to the standard method. The extraction
method was replicated on a pilot scale obtaining similar carotenoid recovery yields, higher than those of
the standard method. Although fatty acid recovery was lower than that of the small-scale tests, yields
above 85% were obtained. This demonstrated that the method was scalable for the extraction of high-
value products from microalgae up to 10 L reactor volume. The use of isopropyl alcohol, which is
cheaper than ethanol, and the separation of the solution phases by partitioning (avoiding drying) could
contribute to reduce operation costs of downstream processing. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-136172023-10-11T11:12:46Z Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds Sales, Rafael Cerón-García, María del Carmen Navaro-López, Elvira González-López, Cynthia Victoria Yumi Tsuzuki, Mônica Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel Alarcón López, Francisco Javier Molina-Grima, Emilio Extraction of carotenoids and fatty acids from microalgae is a technological bottleneck in processing. An improved extraction process was developed to scale the production of these bioproducts from Nannochloropsis gaditana. Different cell disruption methods were evaluated in terms of carotenoids release. Ethanol was substituted by isopropyl alcohol in a three-component solution of water:isopropyl alcohol:hexane (WIH), in which the extracts were separated by solution partitioning. This resulted in higher carotenoid and fatty acid recovery yields if compared to the standard method. The extraction method was replicated on a pilot scale obtaining similar carotenoid recovery yields, higher than those of the standard method. Although fatty acid recovery was lower than that of the small-scale tests, yields above 85% were obtained. This demonstrated that the method was scalable for the extraction of high- value products from microalgae up to 10 L reactor volume. The use of isopropyl alcohol, which is cheaper than ethanol, and the separation of the solution phases by partitioning (avoiding drying) could contribute to reduce operation costs of downstream processing. 2022-04-19T11:09:12Z 2022-04-19T11:09:12Z 2020-03-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13617 en http://eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/2016SABANA/ES/Sustainable%20Algae%20Biorefinery%20for%20Agriculture%20aNd%20Aquaculture/SABANA/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| spellingShingle | Sales, Rafael Cerón-García, María del Carmen Navaro-López, Elvira González-López, Cynthia Victoria Yumi Tsuzuki, Mônica Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel Alarcón López, Francisco Javier Molina-Grima, Emilio Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| title | Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| title_full | Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| title_fullStr | Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| title_short | Processing Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| title_sort | processing nannochloropsis gaditana biomass for the extraction of high value biocompounds |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13617 |
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