Investigation of the drying characteristics of microalgae using microwave irradiation

• Main Authors: Mayol, Andres Philip, Villagracia, Al Rey C., Ubando, Aristotle T., Biona, Jose Bienvenido, Ong, Hui Lin, Espiritu, Rafael Atillo, Lee, Henry, Tumlos, Roy, Arboleda, Nelson B., Jr., Culaba, Alvin B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Microalgae—Drying; Microwave drying; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5114
• Institution: De La Salle University

Microalgae is one of the alternative feedstock for biofuel production with the highest yield per land area. However, current method in microalgae drying process requires high energy which accounts to about 60% of the total energy of the biofuel production chain. Moreover, conventional means of dryin...