High efficient treatment of citric acid effluent by Chlorella vulgaris and potential biomass utilization

Li, C; Yang, H; Xia, X; Li, Y; Chen, L; Zhang, M; Zhang, L; Wang, W

HERO ID

2902697

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2013

Language

English

PMID

23131649

HERO ID 2902697
In Press No
Year 2013
Title High efficient treatment of citric acid effluent by Chlorella vulgaris and potential biomass utilization
Authors Li, C; Yang, H; Xia, X; Li, Y; Chen, L; Zhang, M; Zhang, L; Wang, W
Journal Bioresource Technology
Volume 127
Page Numbers 248-255
Abstract The efficiency of treating citric acid effluent by green algae Chlorella was investigated. With the highest growth rate, Chlorella vulgaris C9-JN2010 that could efficiently remove nutrients in the citric acid effluent was selected for scale-up batch experiments under the optimal conditions, where its maximum biomass was 1.04 g l(-1) and removal efficiencies of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, total organic carbon, chemical oxygen demand and biochemical oxygen demand) were above 90.0%. Algal lipid and protein contents were around 340.0 and 500.0 mg · g(-1) of the harvested biomass, respectively. Proportions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the lipids and eight kinds of essential amino acids in algal protein were 74.0% and 40.0%, respectively. Three major fatty acids were hexadecanoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and docosadienoic acid. This specific effluent treatment process could be proposed as a dual-beneficial approach, which converts nutrients in the high strength citric acid effluent into profitable byproducts and reduces the contaminations.
Doi 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.074
Pmid 23131649
Wosid WOS:000312926400035
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