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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 292, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126042
Keywords
Digested effluent; Moringa oleifera; Microalgae harvesting; Phycoremediation
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This study successfully cultivated a microalgal co-culture of Chlorella sp. and Scenedesmus sp. in a photo-bioreactor, with the microalgal biomass harvested using Moringa oleifera seed powder as a natural coagulant. The results indicated high removal efficiency of nutrients by microalgae assimilation, with a high biomass productivity and growth rate achieved. Additionally, the use of Moringa oleifera seed powder showed a high microalgal harvesting efficiency.
In this study, a microalgal co-culture of Chlorella sp. and Scenedesmus sp. was cultivated in a photo-bioreactor (PBR). The microalgal biomass was then harvested by locally available and inexpensive natural coagulants, Moringa oleifera seed powder. Overall microalgal growth rate, biomass productivity, and nutrient efficiency have been analyzed. The linear correlation among the ammonia-N (NH3-N), ortho-phosphate (PO43), and microalgae concentration demonstrated that nitrogen and phosphorus removal had been dominated by microalgal assimilation. The experimental results suggested that the anaerobic reactor effluent was a useful substrate for microalgae growth. The maximum biomass productivity and growth rate was 0.12 g/L/d and 0.50 day(-1), respectively, and almost 89 +/- 1% of the nutrient was removed within 5 days. Besides, Moringa oleifera seed powder showed a very high microalgal biomass harvesting efficiency of 85%. Hence, it can be concluded that this cost-effective microalgae cultivation and harvesting method could tailor a promising phycoremediation application worldwide. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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