Abstract
Lipids obtained from Chlorella protothecoides in heterotrophic cultivation are considered a suitable feedstock for biodiesel production. In this study, glucose fed-batch fermentation was performed to increase final biomass and lipid production. The biomass productivity and lipid productivity were 6.28 and 2.06g/L day, respectively. Biomass/glucose conversion and the lipid/glucose conversion were 43.3% and 14.2%, respectively. Extraction of lipids from algae has been identified as a key bottleneck in bioprocessing operations. Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) was applied for neutral lipids extraction and the SC-CO2 kinetics was investigated by the Goto et al. model. The modeling showed a good fit with experimental data. Additionally, neutral lipids extracted by SC-CO2 displayed a suitable fatty acid profile for biodiesel [mainly C18:1 (60.0%), C18:2 (18.7%) and C16:0 (11.5%)]. Our study demonstrated the ability to produce high levels of neutral lipids through heterotrophic algal culture and subsequent extraction of lipids with SC-CO2 method developed.
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