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The production of biofuel and bioelectricity associated with wastewater treatment by green algae

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  • Maity, Jyoti Prakash
  • Hou, Chia-Peng
  • Majumder, Dip
  • Bundschuh, Jochen
  • Kulp, Thomas R.
  • Chen, Chien-Yen
  • Chuang, Lu-Te
  • Nathan Chen, Ching-Nen
  • Jean, Jiin-Shuh
  • Yang, Tsui-Chu
  • Chen, Chien-Cheng

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This study describes algal biofuel production, bioelectricity generation and wastewater treatment using Leptolyngbya sp. JPMTW1 (KF977831). The experiments were conducted in an AMFC (Algal Microbial Fuel Cell) photobioreactor (single-chamber). The pH, EC (electrical conductivity), COD (chemical oxygen demand) and TDS (total dissolved solids) decreased from 8.01 to 7.0, 982 to 854 (mS/cm), 255 to 112 (mg/L) and 490–427 (mg/L), respectively, over course of 7 days. Biomass production, rate of biomass production, chlorophyll a, b and “total chlorophyll” content increased with increasing time and were observed to be 3300 mg/L, 471.42 mg/L/day, 0.981 mg/L, 0.173 mg/L and 1.156 mg/L after 7 days. Lipid production and rate of lipid production were 1068.383 mg/g dry wt. biomass and 152.62 mg/g dry biomass/day. FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectra revealed the presence of protein, lipid, FAs (fatty acids), triglycerides and ester functional groups. FAME (fatty acid methyl esters) profile revealed the presence of C16:0, C18:2n-6, C18:1 and C16:1. The generation of electric potential by Leptolyngbya sp. JPMTW1 increased significantly (p ≤ 0.05) from 0.0211 to 0.264 mV within 7 days. The maximum power density (0.008 mW/cm2) was obtained at cell potential at 12 mV. This study shows that simultaneous production of biofuel, bioelectricity and wastewater treatment is possible by Leptolyngbya sp. JPMTW1.

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  • Maity, Jyoti Prakash & Hou, Chia-Peng & Majumder, Dip & Bundschuh, Jochen & Kulp, Thomas R. & Chen, Chien-Yen & Chuang, Lu-Te & Nathan Chen, Ching-Nen & Jean, Jiin-Shuh & Yang, Tsui-Chu & Chen, Chien-, 2014. "The production of biofuel and bioelectricity associated with wastewater treatment by green algae," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 94-103.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:78:y:2014:i:c:p:94-103
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.06.023
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