Hanumanthappa B. and Basavarajappa S.H.
Abstract
The utilization of renewable biomass energy in large extent provides sustainable development which link to global stability, economic growth, innovation in local market, reduces greenhouse gas emission and meeting the energy needs of vast rural population to get quality of life. In this investigation algal oil was used as a raw material for biodiesel production. The decreasing fossil fuel resources cause both insufficiency in providing demand and increase in prices and it triggers the structural change in energy production and resources. In this context, the innovations in encouraging the use of renewable energy sources will make it possible to manage the passage from an unsustainable structure to a more sustainable structure. The necessary conditions for the world oil supply can be said to enter into a new era with the increasing demand pressure. In the present investigation, naturally occurring algal sample of Chlorophyceae member was collected from waterlogged area near Ittige, Tarikere (Tq) Chikkamagaluru (Dist.). The collected algal samples was identified as Zygnema spp,. and inoculated into the selective media, which favor the growth of algae, and the lipid was extracted from dried algal samples by ground method by using hexane as solvent. The extracted oil was converted into biofuel by transesterification process and estimates the FAME by using LCMS. The result indicates that the biofuel can be produced from Zygnema spp.