High resolution FT-ICR mass spectral analysis of bio-oil and residual water soluble organics produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of the marine microalga Nannochloropsis salina

Nilusha Sudasinghe; Barry Dungan; Peter Lammers; Karl Albrecht; Doug Elliott; Rich Hallen; Tanner Schaub

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2013.11.019

High resolution FT-ICR mass spectral analysis of bio-oil and residual water soluble organics produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of the marine microalga Nannochloropsis salina

Nilusha Sudasinghe, Barry Dungan, Peter Lammers, Karl Albrecht, Doug Elliott, Rich Hallen, Tanner Schaub

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Abstract

We report a detailed compositional characterization of a bio-crude oil and aqueous by-product from hydrothermal liquefaction of Nannochloropsis salina by direct infusion Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) in both positive- and negative-ionization modes. The FT-ICR MS instrumentation approach facilitates direct assignment of elemental composition to >7000 resolved mass spectral peaks and three-dimensional mass spectral images for individual heteroatom classes highlight compositional diversity of the two samples and provide a baseline description of these materials. Aromatic nitrogen compounds and free fatty acids are predominant species observed in both the bio-oil and aqueous fraction. Residual organic compounds present in the aqueous fraction show distributions that are slightly lower in both molecular ring and/or double bond value and carbon number relative to those found in the bio-oil, albeit with a high degree of commonality between the two compositions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	47-56
Number of pages	10
Journal	Fuel
Volume	119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2013.11.019
State	Published - Mar 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biofuel
FT-ICR MS
Hydrothermal liquefaction
Microalgae
Nannochloropsis

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General Chemical Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Organic Chemistry

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