An algae-based biodiesel facility grows algae containing oil (molecular weight 884 kg/kmol), starch (assume it is glucose),

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An algae-based biodiesel facility grows algae containing oil (molecular weight 884 kg/kmol), starch (assume it is glucose), 10% protein, and 15% inert material. The aim is to produce ethanol from the starch and biodiesel from the oil (assume a molecular weight of 310 kg/kmol). The conversion of the sugar fermentation is 90% and the transesterification reaction has a conversion of 95%. The demand of ethanol and biodiesel is the same. Determine the composition required for the algae assuming that we internally use part of the ethanol produced for oil transesterification.

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