PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM MARINE MACRO ALGAL BIOMASS

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai

College of Science and Humanities

Department of Biotechnology

PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM MARINE MACRO ALGAL BIOMASS

The Department of Biotechnology conducted   a   one   day   webinar   on   25.08.2020 titled ‘Production of Biodiesel from Marine Macro Algal Biomass ‘ for the beneficiary of UG/PG students, Research   Scholars   and   Faculty   members.   The   Resource   person, Dr. S. Renganathan, Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai has spoken about the essential use of marine macro algae and its various types. He started his talk on how the macro algae biomass helps in the production of biodiesel. He also explained the importance in the production of biodiesel as an alternative resources. Later, he discussed about the various characterization studies used for quantification of biodiesel. The online session was attended by around 92 participants from various institutions. The presentation was followed by a Q & A session. The webinar was convened by Dr. T. Sekar, HOD/Biotechnology and well-coordinated by the faculty members Dr. S. Suresh, Assistant Professor and Dr. A. Rajasekar, Assistant Professor. E-certificates were mailed to all the participants.