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Development of new unit operation for microalgal lipid production

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K14272
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Earth system and resources engineering
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Masaki Ota  東北大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (50455804)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords藻類 / オイル / 油脂 / 脂質 / 二酸化炭素 / バイオマス / コロニー / 炭化水素 / 電気培養 / 添加物 / 光合成 / 光独立栄養
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Botryococus braunii, BOT-22 can be a producer of hydrocarbon which is secreted naturally from the body. It can be useful that the only hydrocarbon can be recovered by some extraction methods with no damage to the living cell, leading to a hydrocarbon production with continuous cultivation. We assessed the “milking” method for a non-destructive hydrocarbon extraction according to literature. The content of hydrocarbon of the strain was from 30 to 50 wt%-dry cells depending on the cultivation phase. In the experiments, colony-destruction treatment was conducted by flowing culture media through capillary nozzle. A heptane extraction solvent was used and rapidly contacted to culture media. Then, this system was used for extracting the oil. The extracts recovered by heptane was analysed by GC-FID. The results showed that the mixing and extraction time are very important for “the milking”and the developed method can be applied for milking cultures.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2017 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] ariation of photoautotrophic fatty acid production from a highly CO2 tolerant alga, Chlorococcum littorale, with inorganic carbon over narrow ranges of pH2015

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Ota, Motohiro Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Sato, Richard Lee Smith, Jr., Hiroshi Inomata
    • Journal Title

      Biotechnology Progress

      Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Pages: 1053-1057

    • DOI

      10.1002/btpr.2099

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Effects of light intensity and temperature on photoautotrophic growth of a green microalga, Chlorococcum littorale2015

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Ota, Motohiro Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Sato, Richard Lee Smith, Jr., Hiroshi Inomata
    • Journal Title

      Biotechnology Reports

      Volume: 7 Pages: 24-29

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.btre.2015.05.001

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 微細藻類Botryococcus brauniiが産生する炭化水素の連続抽出に関する検討2017

    • Author(s)
      濱野 裕一郎, 平賀 佑也, 大田 昌樹, 佐藤 善之, 猪股 宏
    • Organizer
      化学工学会第82年会, PA141
    • Place of Presentation
      芝浦工業大学(東京都・江東区)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 今後の取り組みについて2017

    • Author(s)
      大田昌樹
    • Organizer
      第4回仙台市民フォーラム
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(宮城県・仙台市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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