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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 639-645Publisher
BRAZILIAN SOC CHEMICAL ENG
DOI: 10.1590/0104-6632.20190362s20180151
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CO2 biofixation; Greenhouse gas; Microalgae; Biomass production; CO2 concentration
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CO2 biofixation of the microalgae Chlorella sp. for different CO2 concentrations and gas flow rates in a bubble column reactor has been investigated in this study. Microalgae were cultivated under different CO2 concentrations (at 1.75% and 9.45% v/v) and gas flow rates (at 30, 50 and 70 ml/min). The maximum specific growth rate of Chlorella sp. was obtained for the CO2 concentration of 1.75 % and the gas flow rate of 50 mL/min. The highest biomass productivity rate (at 0.17 g L-1 day(-1)) was for a sample with 1.75 % CO2 at a flow rate of 70 ml/min. Moreover, the results have shown that the specific growth rate and CO2 biofixation have a direct relation with culturing of Chlorella sp. Also, limiting CO2 supplementation noticeably decreased biomass concentration. Therefore, the results have shown that a high flow rate and low concentration of CO2 might promote a decrease in CO2 fixation efficiency by Chlorella sp.
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