Semi-continuous Cultivation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Chlorella vulgaris</Emphasis> for Treating Undigested and Digested Dairy Manures |
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Authors: | Liang Wang Yingkuan Wang Paul Chen Roger Ruan |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering,University of Minnesota,St. Paul,USA |
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Abstract: | The present study, based on a previous batch-wise experiment, investigated a lab-scale semi-continuous cultivation of green
microalgae Chlorella vulgaris (UTEX 2714), as a useful means for nutrient reduction as well as production of algal biomass which can be used as potential
feedstock for the production of biofuel and other commodities, on 20× diluted dairy manures. Both undigested and digested
samples were applied in parallel experiments for comparison regarding the requirements of hydraulic retention times (HRTs),
removal efficiencies of nitrogen, phosphorus, and chemical oxygen demand (COD), biomass productivities, and CO2 sequestration abilities. It was demonstrated that algae grown in undigested dairy manure achieved removal rates of 99.7%,
89.5%, 92.0%, and 75.5% for NH4+–N, TN, TP, and COD, respectively, under a 5-day HRT, while the HRT had to extend to 20 days in order to achieve 100.0% removal
of NH4+–N in digested one with simultaneous removals of 93.6% of TN, 89.2% of TP, and 55.4% of COD. The higher organic carbon contained
in undigested dairy manure helped boost the growth of mixotrophic Chlorella, thus resulting in a much shorter HRT needed for complete removal of NH4+–N. Moreover, algae grown in digested dairy manure provided more penitential than those grown in undigested one in CO2 sequestration per milligram of harvested dried biomass (1.68 mg CO2/mg dry weight (DW) vs 0.99 mg CO2/mg DW), but did not surpass in total the amount of CO2 sequestered on a 15-day period basis because of the better productivity gained in undigested dairy manure. |
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