SYNTHESIS OF RENEWABLE FUELS: CROSS-METATHESIS DEGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL RUBBER WITH MICROALGAE OILS
Resumen
Nowadays, biofuels are very attractive due to they make possible the reduction of all gaseous emissions, including the greenhouse gases (GHG) CO2 and CH4, which are responsible for climate change and global warming. Typically, biodiesel has been prepared using oleaginous crops such as rapeseed, soybean, sunflower, and palm. Notwithstanding these, microalgae have shown some advantages and have been considered a more suitable feedstock. They have a fast growth rate, permit the use of non-arable land, their production is not seasonal, marine or wastewater can be used for the culture, and biomass can be harvested daily. Therefore, trains that contain high amounts of oil such as Chlorella sp., Neochloris oleoabundans, Nannochloropsis sp., Scenedesmus obliquus, and Dunaliella tertiolecta have been cultivated in order to generate biofuels for transportation.
