The production of acetic acid from microalgae under hydrothermal conditions

Microalgae for carbon dioxide mitigation was applied to the production of acetic acid under hydrothermal conditions with H2O2 oxidant. Results showed that acetic acid was obtained with a good yield of 14.9% based on a carbon base at 300 °C for 80 s with 100% H2O2 supply. This result should be helpful to facilitate studies for developing a new green and sustainable process in order to produce acetic acid from microalgae, which are the fastest growing sunlight-driven cell factories. These results show that it is possible to develop a process for conversion of microalgae biomass into acetic acid.