Agae Biofuels Measurement

Unique 1064 nm Raman Spectrometer resolves fluorescence issues seen at lower wavelengths: While algal oil is similar to other vegetable oils in terms of fatty acid composition, the oil productivity of microalgae, on an annual per-acre basis, can be converted into biodiesel and could potentially provide 100 times greater yield than soy and 10 times greater yield than oil palm. Utilizing BaySpecs 1064 nm Raman spectrometer,
and label-free Raman characterizations of modeled algal lipids are made, extracted algal oil, and most importantly, single living algae. Studies have demonstrated a label-free and direct method to obtain quantitative information of chain length and degree of unsaturation of the oil produced inside algae. With the Nunavut 1064 nm system, researchers were able to overcome issued with fluorescence seen at lower wavelengths.