Journal
BIOENGINEERED
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 61-69Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2019.1704536
Keywords
Biofuel; Microalgae; Palm oil mill effluent; Photobioreactor; Wastewater
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Funding
- Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund [CX(19) 3076]
- University of Malaya Grant PPP [PG093-2014B, RU018L-2016, RU018O-2016, RU018C2016]
- Malaysia's Fundamental Research Grant Scheme [Malaysia] [FRGS/1/2019/STG05/UNIM/02/2]
- Yayasan Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS [YUTP 015LC0-047, 015LC0-069]
- Ministry of Education Malaysia through HICOE
- [015MA0-052]
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Chlorella sorokiniana CY-1 was cultivated using palm oil mill effluent (POME) in a novel-designed photobioreactor (NPBR) and glass-made vessel photobioreactor (PBR). The comparison was made on biomass and lipid productions, as well as its pollutants removal efficiencies. NPBR is transparent and is developed in thin flat panels with a high surface area per volume ratio. It is equipped with microbubbling and baffles retention, ensuring effective light and CO2 utilization. The triangular shape of this reactor at the bottom serves to ease microalgae cell harvesting by sedimentation. Both biomass and lipid yields attained in NPBR were 2.3-2.9 folds higher than cultivated in PBR. The pollutants removal efficiencies achieved were 93.7% of chemical oxygen demand, 98.6% of total nitrogen and 96.0% of total phosphorus. Mathematical model revealed that effective light received and initial mass contributes toward successful microalgae cultivation. Overall, the results revealed the potential of NPBR integration in Chlorella sorokiniana CY-1 cultivation, with an aim to achieve greater feasibility in microalgal-based biofuel real application and for environmental sustainability.
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