Production of Aspergillus niger biomass on sugarcane distillery wastewater: physiological aspects and potential for biodiesel production

Table 5 Most relevant physical characteristics of biodiesel extracted and converted from A. niger biomass grown on LAM and SDW media during 10 days

	CN (ϕ)	Viscosity (η) (mm² s⁻¹)	Density (ρ) (g cm⁻³)	HHV (δ) (MJ kg⁻¹)	CFPP (°C)
SDW	57.65	3.47	0.87	40.01	− 0.39
LAM	58.88	3.52	0.87	40.05	− 0.02
EN 14,214^a	> 51^b	3.5–5^c	0.86–0.9^b	–	< − 15^d,1; < 0^d,2
ASTM D 6751-08^a	> 47^b	1.9–6^c	n.a	–	n.a

Each data is the mean of three independent biological experiments
CN cetane number, HHV higher heating value, CFPP cold filter plugging point (¹in winter, ²in summer), n.a not available
^aAccording to European and American specifications biodiesel fuel blendstocks (B100), standard specifications EN 14,214 and D 6751-08 for biodiesel fuel blendstocks (B100) established respectively by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Data from ^b [52], ^c [53], ^d [54]

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