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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Shuguang Deng, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Prafulla D. Patil, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Klamath Falls, OR (US);
Shuguang Deng, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Prafulla D. Patil, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Klamath Falls, OR (US);
Arrowhead Center, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing direct conversion of algal biomass. Optionally, the method and system can be used to directly convert dry algal biomass to biodiesels under microwave irradiation by combining the reaction and combining steps. Alternatively, wet algae can be directly processed and converted to fatty acid methyl esters, which have the major components of biodiesels, by reacting with methanol at predetermined pressure and temperature ranges.