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Anaerobic digestate as a nutrient medium for the growth of the green microalga Neochloris oleoabundans

  • Abu Hajar, Husam A. (Department of Civil Engineering, Ohio University) ;
  • Guy Riefler, R. (Department of Civil Engineering, Ohio University) ;
  • Stuart, Ben J. (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University)
  • Received : 2016.01.12
  • Accepted : 2016.04.09
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

In this study, the microalga Neochloris oleoabundans was cultivated in a sustainable manner using diluted anaerobic digestate to produce biomass as a potential biofuel feedstock. Prior to microalgae cultivation, the anaerobic digestate was characterized and several pretreatment methods including hydrogen peroxide treatment, filtration, and supernatant extraction were investigated and their impact on the removal of suspended solids as well as other organic and inorganic matter was evaluated. It was found that the supernatant extraction was the most convenient pretreatment method and was used afterwards to prepare the nutrient media for microalgae cultivation. A bench-scale experiment was conducted using multiple dilutions of the supernatant and filtered anaerobic digestate in 16 mm round glass vials. The results indicated that the highest growth of the microalga N. oleoabundans was achieved with a total nitrogen concentration of 100 mg N/L in the 2.29% diluted supernatant in comparison to the filtered digestate and other dilutions.

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