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Real-time Micro-algae Flocculation Analysis Method Based on Lens-free Shadow Imaging Technique (LSIT)

렌즈프리 그림자 이미징 기술을 이용한 실시간 미세조류 응집현상 분석법

  • Seo, Dongmin (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Oh, Sangwoo (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Dong, Dandan (Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Jae Woo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Seo, Sungkyu (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University)
  • Received : 2016.11.15
  • Accepted : 2016.11.21
  • Published : 2016.11.25
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Abstract

Micro-algae, one of the biological resources for alternative energy, has been heavily studied. Among various methods to analyze the status of the micro-algae including counting, screening, and flocculation, the flocculation approach has been widely accepted in many critical applications such as red tide removal study or microalgae resource study. To characterize the flocculation status of the micro-alga. A traditional optical modality, i.e., photospectrometry, measuring the optical density of the flocs has been frequently employed. While this traditional optical method needs shorter time than the counting method in flocculation status analysis, it has relatively lower detection accuracy. To address this issue, a novel real-time micro-algae flocculation analysis method based on the lens-free shadow imaging technique (LSIT) is introduced. Both single cell detection and floc detection are simultaneously available with a proposed lens-free shadow image, confirmed by comparing the results with optical microscope images. And three shadow parameters, e.g., number of flocs, effective area of flocs, and maximum size of floc, enabling quantification of the flocculation phenomenon of micro-alga, are firstly demonstrated in this article. The efficacy of each shadow parameter is verified with the real-time flocculation monitoring experiments using custom developed cohesive agents.

미세조류는 대체에너지를 위한 생물자원 중 하나로 다양한 분야에서 관련된 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 미세조류의 상태를 분석하기 위한 방법으로는 계수법, 스크리닝법, 응집법 등이 사용되고 있는데, 이 중 응집법은 적조 제거제 연구, 미세조류 자원화 연구 등에 효과적으로 이용되고 있다. 미세조류의 응집 상태 분석에는 현재 분광광도법이 주로 사용되고 있는데, 이는 미세조류의 응집 상태를 광학밀도 계측을 통해 분석하는 방법으로 미세조류 계수법에 비해 소요되는 분석 시간은 작지만, 측정 결과의 오차가 상대적으로 큰 단점을 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 개선하기 위해서 렌즈프리 그림자 이미징 기술을 이용하여 미세조류의 응집 현상을 실시간으로 분석하는 방법을 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 렌즈프리 그림자 이미지를 이용하여 단일 미세조류의 측정과 응집 미세조류 측정이 동시에 가능함을 현미경 이미지와의 비교를 통해 입증하였다. 또한, 해당 기술을 기반으로 미세조류의 응집 현상을 정량적으로 분석할 수 있는 세 가지의 그림자 파라미터(플록들의 개수, 플록들의 유효면적 및 최대크기 플록의 면적)를 제안하였다. 각 파라미터의 유효성은 응집 효율이 다른 응집제를 이용한 실험을 통해 시간에 따른 미세조류의 응집상태를 실시간으로 분석하여 입증할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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