Journal
WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
Volume 80, Issue 7, Pages 647-653Publisher
WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION
DOI: 10.1002/j.1554-7531.2008.tb00351.x
Keywords
biosorption; microalga; chromium; Chlorella miniata; Fourier transform infrared spectrometer; domestic wastewater
Funding
- Areas of Excellence Scheme established under the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [AoE/P-04/2004]
- Research Centre for Coastal Pollution and Conservation
- City University of Hong Kong, China
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The feasibility of obtaining and using the biomass of a microalga, Chlorella miniata, from domestic wastewater (DW) cultures for the removal of chromium(III) [Cr(III)] and chromium(VI) [Cr(VI)] was compared with that from commercial Bristol medium (BM). Results showed that Chlorella miniata cultured in DW under 16-8 hours light-dark cycle [DW(16-8)] had similar growth to that in BM [BM(16-8)], but these two biomass had different biochemical compositions, and the former one had lower carbohydrate and higher protein content. When cultured in domestic wastewater, a higher biomass was obtained under continuous illumination [DW(24-0)], and the cells had higher carbohydrate and lower protein concentrations than that of DW(16-8). The spectra of the Fourier transform infrared spectrometer revealed that the functional groups on the surface of the three kinds of biomass - DW(16-8), DW(24-0), and BM(16-8) - were comparable, except an additional peak at 1731 cm 21 was found in the biomass cultured in domestic wastewater, which was probably the result of bacterial contamination. Although biochemical differences were found among the three kinds of microalgal biomass, similar biosorption performances to chromium pollutants were recorded, with approximately 75% Cr(III) and 100% Cr(VI) removed at equilibrium in Cr(III) and Cr(VI) experiments, respectively, when dead biomass was used as a biosorbent. Therefore, it is possible to culture Chlorella miniata in domestic wastewater and use the biomass for the removal of chromium pollutants. Water Environ. Res., 80, 647 (2008).
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