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Volume 8, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Bioremediat Biodegrad, an open access journal
ISSN: 2155-6199 Biofuels Congress 2017
September 05-06, 2017
September 05-06, 2017 | London, UK
Biofuels and Bioenergy
6th World Congress on
Bioethanol production from two monoculture algal species Cladophora fracta (Dillw.) Kützing and Euglena
polymorpha Dangeard
Ghazala B, Shafaq Ch and Nasim H
Government College University, Pakistan
Algae are an attractive biofuel feedstock because of their fast growth rates and improved land use efficiency when compared
with terrestrial crops. Altogether two microalgae species Cladophora fracta (Dillw.) Kützing and Euglena Polymorpha Dangeard
were collected from various freshwater ponds, channels and tanks of Sheikhupora. Collected species were analyzed for bioethanol
production capacity Cladophora fracta (Dillw.) Kützing treated showed high quantity of bioethanol (0.29 gm) whereas Euglena
polymorpha Dangeard untreated became the least efficient (0.10 gm). Euglena polymorpha Dangeard untreated left 99% biomass after
bioethanol. pH of bioethanol of all experimental algal species fall in the range of 5.8-6. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
(FTIR) analysis was performed to prove the bond representation events including purified fatty acid ethyl esters of biomass. A
dominant peak at 3342.67 cm-1 corresponds to OH bending in cellulose and hemicellulose. This band was expanded to 1641.70
cm-1 in treated sample of Cladophora fracta (Dillw.) Kützing which is showing the separation in some parts of cellulose. The band
was expanded to 1415.10 cm-1 in treated sample of Euglena polymorpha Dangeard which is showing the separation in some parts of
cellulose. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) analysis has shown ions composition in the bioethanol. The ethanol
contents in the bioethanol was measured by gas chromatography.
Biography
Ghazala B has her expertise in algal culturing and extraction of biofuel. She has 12 years’ experience in this regard and many projects were completed under her
supervision. She works as Associate Professor of Phycology and Chairperson of Department of Botany, GC University.
Ghazala B et al., J Bioremediat Biodegrad 2017, 8:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6199-C1-008