标题:Increasing content of lipid in tropical microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana and Closterium sp. with variation of nitrogen content and extraction temperature
摘要:This research was aimed to obtain algae biofuels as an alternative energy which comes from tropical microalgae biomassChlorella sorokinianaandClosterium sp. The cultivation was performed at a controlled room in batch culturephotobioreactor, temperature 27°C, pH 6, aeration with air flow rate of 150 mL/sec, and light intensity at 2400 lux. These nutrient sources used artificial PHM with KNO3variation as a nitrogen source of 0 grams; 0.25 grams; 0.5 grams; 1 gram. The research involved microalgae lipid extraction withBlight & Dyermethod and also carried out support of alcohol, chloroform and distilled water (1:1:1) with optimum temperature 30oC. Oil yields that obtained were analyzed withGas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS) method, dry weight with a gravimetric method and cell density with spectrophotometry. The result showed that the reduction of KNO3materials (0,25 gr) can produce biomass and highest total lipid content at 0,41 g/L and 20,31 %/(w/w). The results showed that KNO3decreased the amount of biomass which was not significant but the total lipid content of microalgae was increased. Lipid content and fatty acids extracted from Blight & Dyer showed oil content that could potentially be the raw material of biodiesel.