N° de brevet : WO2010000416 (A1)

Date de pub : 2010-01-07

Inventeur(s) : D ADDARIO EZIO NICOLA [IT] ; CAPUANO FEDERICO [IT] ; D ANGELI EDOARDO [IT] ; MEDICI ROBERTO [IT]

Demandeur(s) : ENI SPA [IT] ; D ADDARIO EZIO NICOLA [IT] ; CAPUANO FEDERICO [IT] ; D ANGELI EDOARDO [IT] ; MEDICI ROBERTO [IT]

Abrégé pour WO 2010000416 (A1)

Process for the extraction of fatty acids from algal biomass comprising : producing an aqueous suspension of algal biomass ; subjecting the aqueous suspension of algal biomass to acid hydrolysis and extraction by the addition of at least one non-polar organic solvent and at least one inorganic acid to said aqueous suspension of algal biomass, so as to obtain the following three phases : (i) a semisolid phase comprising a slurry of the algal biomass ; (ii) an aqueous phase comprising inorganic compounds and hydrophilic organic compounds ; (iii) an organic phase comprising fatty acids and hydrophobic organic compounds other than said fatty acids.