Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 2845-2856Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-017-1175-6
Keywords
Chlorophyceae; Microalgae; Digestate; High biomass yield; Nutrient removal; Biorefinery
Funding
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Joint Doctorate (EJD) in Advanced Biological Waste-To-Energy Technologies (ABWET) - Horizon 2020 [643071]
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Two microalgae, Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus acuminatus, were batch cultivated separately in two types of diluted liquid digestates. The first digestate (ADPP) was obtained from a mesophilic laboratory digester treating biosludge from a pulp and paper industry wastewater treatment plant. The second digestate (ADMW) was collected from a full-scale mesophilic anaerobic digester treating-mixed municipal wastewater treatment sludge. The highest biomass production (as volatile suspended solids, VSS), 8.2-9.4 g L-1, was obtained with S. acuminatus in ADPP. C. vulgaris in ADMW had the lowest biomass production, reaching 2.0 g L-1. Both microalgae removed ammonium efficiently from ADPP (99.9% removal) while the final ammonium removal efficiencies from ADMW with S. acuminatus and C. vulgaris were only 44.0 and 23.8%, respectively. The phosphate removal efficiencies from both ADPP and ADMW were higher than 96.9% with both microalgae. The highest carbohydrate content (60.5%) was obtained with S. acuminatus cultivated in ADPP. Scenedesmus acuminatus in ADPP showed one of the highest biomass production yields that have been reported for microalgae in real wastewater-derived nutrient sources. Consequently, this combination is promising for developing biorefinery and biofuel applications in the pulp and paper industry.
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