TY - JOUR AU - El-Mekkawi, Samar A. AU - El-Ibiari, N. N. AU - El-Ardy, Ola A. AU - Abdelmonem, Nabil M. AU - Elahwany, Ahmed H. AU - Abadir, Magdi F. AU - Ismail, Ibrahim M. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/10 TI - Optimization of cultivation conditions for Microcystis aeruginosa for biodiesel production using response surface methodology JO - Bulletin of the National Research Centre SP - 6 VL - 44 IS - 1 AB - Biodiesel is expected to play a key role in the development of a sustainable, economical, and environmentally safe source of energy. The third generation of biodiesel is derived from microalgae and cyanobacteria that have sufficient amount of oil. The optimization of biomass and oil content in biodiesel production based on algal cultivation relies upon several factors. The present experimental work aims at optimizing some of the cultivation conditions to obtain maximum oil and biomass yield and create a prediction model that describe the effect of the initial inoculum concentration, and irradiance on the biomass yield and oil concentration were designed using Design Expert 6.0.8. SN - 2522-8307 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-019-0265-9 DO - 10.1186/s42269-019-0265-9 ID - El-Mekkawi2020 ER -