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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2009
Ezio Nicola D'addario, Monterotondo, IT;
Federico Capuano, Rieti, IT;
Edoardo D'angeli, Rome, IT;
Roberto Medici, Monterotondo, IT;
Ezio Nicola D'Addario, Monterotondo, IT;
Federico Capuano, Rieti, IT;
Edoardo D'Angeli, Rome, IT;
Roberto Medici, Monterotondo, IT;
ENI S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Abstract
Process for the extraction of fatty acids from algal biomass comprising: producing an aqueous suspension of algal biomass; subjecting the aqueous suspension of algal biomass to acid hydrolysis and extraction by the addition of at least one non-polar organic solvent and at least one inorganic acid to said aqueous suspension of algal biomass, so as to obtain the following three phases: (i) a semisolid phase comprising a slurry of the algal biomass; (ii) an aqueous phase comprising inorganic compounds and hydrophilic organic compounds; (iii) an organic phase comprising fatty acids and hydrophobic organic compounds other than said fatty acids.