Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 224, Issue -, Pages 630-638Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.105
Keywords
Algal biofuels; Biodiversity; Nutrient recycling; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Coproduct recycling
Funding
- NSF [1332342]
- University of Michigan Energy Institute
- Directorate For Engineering
- Emerging Frontiers & Multidisciplinary Activities [1332342] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The aim of this study was to determine if polycultures of algae could enhance tolerance to aqueous-phase coproduct (ACP) from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of algal biomass to produce biocrude. The growth of algal monocultures and polycultures was characterized across a range ACP concentrations and sources. All of the monocultures were either killed or inhibited by 2% ACP, but polycultures of the same species were viable at up to 10%. The addition of ACP increased the growth rate (up to 25%) and biomass production (53%) of polycultures, several of which were more productive in ACP than any monoculture was in the presence or absence of ACP. These results suggest that a cultivation process that applies biodiversity to nutrient recycling could produce more algae with less fertilizer consumption. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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