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ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102464
Keywords
Revolving algal biofilm; Microalgae; Heavy metals; Phycoremediation; Industrial wastewater; Indigenous microalgae consortium
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- 131 first level innovative talents training project in Tianjin, China
- PhD start-up foundation of Shandong Technology and Business University [BS202118]
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The study evaluated the feasibility of using a revolving algal biofilm (RAB) reactor for nickel (Ni) removal from high strength industrial wastewater, demonstrating a superior Ni removal performance with >90% Ni removal efficiency and 534 mg/L-day Ni removal rate. The high contents of EPS in RAB biofilm played a crucial role in its advantage in nickel removal over suspended-based systems.
This work is to evaluate the feasibility of using a revolving algal biofilm (RAB) reactor for nickel (Ni) removal from high strength industrial wastewater. The RAB reactor can grow an indigenous microalgal species consortium in a wastewater containing up to 5000 mg/L of Ni. The tolerance of RAB biomass to the high strength nickel was attributed to maintaining cells membrane integrity, which is possible due to its high amount of extracellular polymer substances (EPS). The RAB system also demonstrated a superior Ni removal performance with >90% Ni removal efficiency and 534 mg/L-day Ni removal rate. The advantage of RAB system in nickel removal over suspended-based system might be attributed to the high contents of EPS in RAB biofilm, given the fact that the extracellular nickel occupied 60% or higher of the total nickel in the RAB biofilm. The adsorption of Ni by the biomass harvested from the RAB reactors was also studied. The biomass-physical-adsorption was less effective than growing-algae-while-removing-Ni for Ni removal. Collectively, the results in this study demonstrated that the RAB reactor is a potential system for Ni removal from high strength industrial wastewater.
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