Nutrients removal and lipids production by Chlorella pyrenoidosa cultivation using anaerobic digested starch wastewater and alcohol wastewater

Libin Yang; Xiaobo Tan; Deyi Li; Huaqiang Chu; Xuefei Zhou; Yalei Zhang; Hong Yu

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.043

Nutrients removal and lipids production by Chlorella pyrenoidosa cultivation using anaerobic digested starch wastewater and alcohol wastewater

Bioresour Technol. 2015 Apr:181:54-61. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.043. Epub 2015 Jan 17.

Authors

Libin Yang¹, Xiaobo Tan¹, Deyi Li¹, Huaqiang Chu¹, Xuefei Zhou², Yalei Zhang³, Hong Yu¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China; Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment for Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China; Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment for Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: zhouxuefei@tongji.edu.cn.
³ State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China; Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment for Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: zhangyalei@tongji.edu.cn.

PMID: 25638404
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.043

Abstract

The cultivation of microalgae Chlorella pyrenoidosa (C. pyrenoidosa) using anaerobic digested starch wastewater (ADSW) and alcohol wastewater (AW) was evaluated in this study. Different proportions of mixed wastewater (AW/ADSW=0.176:1, 0.053:1, 0.026:1, v/v) and pure ADSW, AW were used for C. pyrenoidosa cultivation. The different proportions between ADSW and AW significantly influenced biomass growth, lipids production and pollutants removal. The best performance was achieved using mixed wastewater (AW/ADSW=0.053:1, v/v), leading to a maximal total biomass of 3.01±0.15 g/L (dry weight), lipids productivity of 127.71±6.31 mg/L/d and pollutants removal of COD=75.78±3.76%, TN=91.64±4.58% and TP=90.74±4.62%.

Keywords: Alcohol wastewater (AW); Anaerobic digested starch wastewater (ADSW); Chlorella pyrenoidosa (C. pyrenoidosa); Lipids production; Pollutants removal.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alcohols / chemistry*
Anaerobiosis
Batch Cell Culture Techniques
Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis
Biomass
Chlorella / growth & development*
Chlorella / metabolism
Esters / analysis
Fatty Acids, Volatile / analysis
Lipids / biosynthesis*
Microalgae / growth & development
Microalgae / metabolism
Nitrogen / isolation & purification*
Organic Chemicals / isolation & purification
Phosphorus / isolation & purification*
Starch / chemistry*
Wastewater / chemistry*

Substances

Alcohols
Esters
Fatty Acids, Volatile
Lipids
Organic Chemicals
Waste Water
Phosphorus
Starch
Nitrogen