Microalgal lipids production and nutrients recovery from landfill leachate using membrane photobioreactor
2019
Chang, Haixing | Fu, Qian | Zhong, Nianbing | Yang, Xin | Quan, Xuejun | Li, Shuo | Fu, Jingwei | Xiao, Chao
The aim of this work was to realize high-efficiency nutrients recovery from landfill leachate (LL) for microalgal lipids production. Negative effects of LL on microalgal lipid synthesis was revealed and a scalable membrane-based tubular photobioreactor (SM-PBR) was proposed to offset these negative effects. Microalgal biomass concentration was improved from 0 g/L in the traditional PBR to 2.13 g/L in the SM-PBR. Major operating conditions were optimized to enhance nutrients recovery and lipid productivity. The maximum N recovery efficiency of 74.31% and the maximum daily lipid production of 404.98 mg/d were obtained under the volume ratio of 5:3 (microalgae culture/LL stream) and phosphate feeding concentration of 50 mg/L. The obtained lipid was convinced to have a good combustion and anti-degradation property, with high cetane number (>52%) and low linolenic acid content (<12%). The SM-PBR provided a feasible approach for large-scale microalgal lipid production with LL.
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