3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Process simulation and design
This section addresses the process design
for biodiesel production from microalgae.
Microalgae oil in this study consists of four
main fatty acids as shown in Table 1 [11].
These fatty acids appear in the process flow
diagram as the OIL stream: see Figure 3. The
chemical structures were created by Aspen
Plus, since there are no fatty acids in the
database of the simulator.
Table 1 The percentage of microalgae
oil fatty acid