Table 2 Fatty acid profile of C. vulgaris dried under BTPSD and hot air oven.

From: Design and fabrication of box-type passive solar dryer (BTPSD) with thermal insulation material for valorizing biomass and neutral lipids of marine Chlorella vulgaris for biodiesel application

Fatty acids

BTPSD

Hot air oven

C16:0

23.4

23.9

C16:1

9.22

9.13

C18:0

6.45

7.75

C18:1

14.3

13.9

C18:2

5.93

6.02

C18:3

11.42

11.98

C20:0

5.97

5.04

C20:2

5.87

6.12

C20:3

7.96

7.56

Unidentified

9.48

8.6

SFAs

35.82

36.69

MUFAs

23.52

23.03

PUFAs

31.18

31.68

  1. Significant values are in bold.
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