SBIR/STTR Research Award
Energy efficient process for solvent extraction of oil from microalgae using green solvents
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- 2011-03-18
- UEI
- JDNRH32DML47
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0000161
- Topic code
- 05 d
Research abstract
Solvent extraction by hexane is the most common choice for extraction of oil/lipids from algae. However, hexane is not the best choice of solvent for algae oil extraction because of the need to market byproducts for human and animal consumption. Oil and hexane from the solvent extraction process are separated by distillation/evaporation which is an energy intensive operation. Presence of explosive hexane vapors in the oil processing plant is also a serious safety concern. Extraction of algae oil with alcohols (e.g. ethanol) will eliminate the emission and toxicity issues. However, energy consumption for alcohol recovery/separation is significantly high because alcohols boil at higher temperature and latent heat of alcohols is 2-2.5 times higher than hexane. Compact Membrane Systems
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Low Cost Membranes for Carbon Capture
- Universal Membrane Dehydrator for Dewatering Pharmaceutical Solvents
- Integrated Catalytic Membrane System for Modular Manufacturing Of On-Purpose Propylene at Shale Gas Sites
- Ethylene Permeation in Control of Fruit Ripening
- Integrated Membrane Reactor for Enhancing Thermal & Chemical Reactors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Enhanced Process for the Extraction and Purification of Oils from Microalgae Using CO2 as a Solute
- Energy Efficient Process for Solvent Extraction of Oil from Microalgae using Green Solvents
- Solid Phase Lipid Extraction of Algal Oil
- Enhanced Process for the Extraction and Purification of Oils from Microalgae Using CO2 as a Solute
- Recovery Act - Multi-Function Sensor Platform for Real-Time Smart Grid Power Line Measurements
Research funding history
218 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2021). Reported award amounts total $55,705,610. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense