Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in photobioreactor by using compost as a nutrient source for biomass production

Autor: Man Kee Lam, Yoshimitsu Uemura, Jun Wei Lim, X. B. Tan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences; Vol 9, No 6S (2017): Special Issue; 288-297
ISSN: 1112-9867
Popis: Microalgae are well known for its high photosynthetic activity and ability to accumulate large amount of lipids within their cells. Compost fertilizers are derived from manure or food wastes which contain high concentration of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate. Hence, this study was to investigate the potential of compost nutrient derived from different feedstockto grow microalgae and to optimize the biomass production from microalgae via batchcultivation method. The optimized parameter were such as pH, amount of nutrient added andtypes of compost used. Chlorella vulgaris was favored to grow under the condition of 0.04L/Lof chicken compost added in and pH 3, 6and 7. To this extent, this will able to reduce theenergy usage and cost saving.Keywords: chlorella vulgaris; compost; batch culture; biomass.
Databáze: OpenAIRE