In a country like Nigeria where fossil fuel is the main source of energy, the need for renewable clean energy is on the rise daily. Microalgae is on the third generation of biofuel feedstock. It does not compete with food or feed crops for land space and grows rapidly. Cultivation is feasible in Nigeria due to favorable weather conditions.
Key words: Cholera Vulgaris, Microalgae, biofuel,
The purpose of this abstract is to determine why Cholera Vulgaris is one of the most suitable microalgae species to be used for feedstock in biofuel production in Nigeria.
Cholera Vulgaris is an algae specie used for body detox and human nutrition but also for biofuel production due to its high lipid level (Hempel et al., 2012).The chemical composition of the accumulating biomass of phototrophic microorganisms makes it possible to further use it to obtain a whole range of commercially valuable products: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, antioxidants, amino acids, macro- and microelements in bio available organic form, biogas, hydrogen, bioethanol, biobutanol, biodiesel, polyunsaturated fatty acids.
It was found that by changing the conditions of cultivation, it is possible to obtain a biomass of phototrophic microorganisms with different carbohydrate, protein and lipid content. It is necessary to ensure a combination of a sufficiently large number of factors affecting the level of accumulation of the biomass of cells and its bioorganic component composition, which include: the selected strain of the phototrophic microorganism, the initial concentration of cells in the medium, the composition of the culture medium, the intensity of illumination, and the temperature of the process.
Christiana Adeniyi,
National Technical University of Ukraine,
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