Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7071873 | Bioresource Technology | 2016 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
The understanding of process parameters and limiting conditions on microalgal biomass and lipid productivities is scarce especially in chemostat cultivation. In this study, the factors limiting growth of axenic Chlorella vulgaris OW-01 in cylindrical photobioreactor under chemostat cultivation were overcome in two phases. Physiological and physicochemical analyses determined inorganic carbon, phosphorous and light intensity as major limiting factors. Their effect on system productivity was ascertained and optimized in the first phase resulting in maximum biomass and lipid productivities of 538 and 128 (mg/L/d), respectively. In the second phase, the effect of dilution rate was evaluated under optimized conditions. The biomass and lipid productivities in this phase reached to 1013 and 270 (mg/L/d), respectively at a dilution rate of 0.75Â dâ1, yielding >10-fold cumulative increase in productivities. The study demonstrates addressing resource limitations by constant monitoring and optimization of chemostat cultivation to achieve high biomass and lipid productivities in photobioreactors.
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Authors
Dae-Hyun Cho, Rishiram Ramanan, Jina Heo, Dong-Sik Shin, Hee-Mock Oh, Hee-Sik Kim,