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The research results describe the pilot production of microalgae biomass – Spirulina, especially in wintertime, using the geothermal energy of water to save the costs for heating of the pool photobioreactor and biomass drying box. For carrying out of the process a simplified nutrient medium consisting of geothermal water and salts: sodium bicarbonate, potassium nitrate, diammonium phosphate, and urea was developed. The conditions for the Spirulina biomass cultivation in wintertime were optimized. The technical and economic feasibility and conditions for large-scale production of Spirulina in Kazakhstan for commercial purposes are justified. It has been shown that the Spirulina biomass may serve as a feedstock for the production of biodegradable surfactants.

A new sulfonated derivative of Spirulina oil fatty acids was obtained in the work.This derivative is obtained from dry biomass of microalgae in several stages: extraction of lipids from dry biomass, lipid methylation, amination of the formed methyl esters of Spirulina fatty acids, modification of amide with maleic anhydrideand subsequent reaction of the synthesized monoester with sodium bisulfate. The conditions for all stages of the synthesis of the sulfonated derivative were optimized.The initial compounds and reaction products were identified by IR spectroscopy.