Green microalga Scenedesmus acutus grown on municipal wastewater to couple nutrient removal with lipid accumulation for biodiesel production

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The green microalga Scenedesmus acutus was cultivated in two different municipal wastewater discharges (pre- and post-treated), and was compared to a culture medium with basic nutrients (20% of N, P, K), in order to study the simultaneous potential of nutrient removal and lipid accumulation ability. The highest level of nutrient removal was found in the pretreated wastewater discharge (achieving a high removal of phosphorus [66%] and organic nitrogen [94%]). Likewise, better results on biomass productivity and lipid accumulation were found in cultures using pretreated wastewater compared to enriched medium, obtaining 79.9 mg/L, and 280 mg/L, respectively. Since the best results were found in pretreated wastewater, the biodiesel preparation was performed using said medium at small-scale. After cultivation, 249.4 mg/L of biodiesel were obtained. According to this analysis, S. acutus could be used for wastewater treatment producing biomass with a suitable content of lipids, convenient for biodiesel production.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Bioresource technology - 146(2013) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 744-748

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sacristán de Alva, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Luna-Pabello, Víctor M [VerfasserIn]
Cadena, Erasmo [VerfasserIn]
Ortíz, Edgar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

27YLU75U4W
Biodiesel
Biofuels
Culture Media
Journal Article
Lipid accumulation
Lipids
Microalga
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Scenedesmus acutus
Waste Water
Wastewater treatment
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 21.04.2014

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biortech.2013.07.061

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM229903517