Abstract
Marine algae are multi cellular plants commonly known as seaweeds having potential applications in biofuel production, drug and nutritional analysis. The current study, predicts the production of biodiesel from trances terification of algae lipid or oils. Seaweeds are collected from different coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and are subjected to lipid extraction by using various solvents. The yield of biodiesel is depending on the amount of lipid extracted from algae. In the present work, the macro algae species such as Gracilariacorticata, Chaetomorphaattenina, Chladophoravagabundaare taken to compare the yields of biodiesel. The result suggests that the marine algae Chladophoravagabunda yieldsmore biodiesel in comparison to the other algal species and is a potential source for biodiesel.
Keywords:Biofuel,Seaweed, Transesterification, Gracilariacorticata, Chaetomorphaattenina, Chladophoravagabunda.
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