Contents Extraction – Transesterification Direct transesterification (with different solvent)
Wet biomass Dry
biomass		 Wetbiomass Dry biomass

Oil content (% dry biomass)

Biodiesel yield
% of algal oil
% of biomass
FAME Composition
C14:0 (% FAME)
C16:0 (% FAME)
C22:5 (% FAME)
C22:6 (% FAME)
Others (% FAME)
Total FAME content
% of algal oil (w/w)
% of biomass (w/w)

 62.25 94.2
60.18 4.20
48.8
5.94
37.3
8.90 68.62
44.2
2.43		 58.19 94.06
61.9 5.40
57.4
5.33
30.2
3.56 61.68
40
2.10		 - 97.3
68.67 ND
42.7
5.20
26.27
47.7 11.1
7.03
1.84		 - 96.9
66.47 5.40
56.9
5.15
29.0
3.20 68.65
44.7
2.045
Table 1: Biodiesel yield and its FAME composition prepared from wet and dry biomass using extraction- transesterification and direct transesterification.