Cultivation of Chlorella sp. Using Industrial Effluents for Lipid Production

Abstract:

This work aims to investigate microalgal growth and lipid production from Chlorella sp. on different digester effluents from seafood factory, starch factory and palm oil mill. Results under 32 cultivation days showed that the effluent from seafood factory gave the highest microalgal growth (0.9956±0.2121 g/L) followed by starch factory and palm oil mill (0.8622±0.0391 and 0.2611±0.0444 g/L, respectively). Although higher nitrogen and phosphorus in medium stimulated growth, turbidity of the palm oil mill effluent showed a negative impact. In addition, phosphorus concentration in the medium positively affected the lipid content in cells. The seafood effluent with total phosphorus of 45.24±3.80 mg/L yielded highest lipid content at 26.96±1.58% compared to starch factory (22.10±2.61). The digester effluent from seafood factory was found more suitable for Chlorella sp. cultivation due to the high mass production, oil content and lipid productivity.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 931-932)
• Pages: 1111-1116
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.931-932.1111
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Tarinee Sasibunyarat, Benjamas Cheirsilp, Boonya Charnnok, Sumate Chaiprapat*
• Keywords: Chlorella Sp, Industrial Effluent, Lipid, Microalgae, Nutrient

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