The use of MW for lipid and FA recovery extracts up to 51.8% of the dry biomass as lipids with 13.2% SFA, 3.5% MUFA and 35% PUFA as reported by (Brennan et al., 2020).The drying and extraction processes are the most energy demanding steps in the recovery of viable products from Nannochloropsis sp. (Mubarak et al., …
