Bioremediation of Aquaculture Wastewater Using Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris

Microalgae have received increasing attentions as an alternative treatment approach to remediate wastewater for both nutrient removal and biomass production. Wastewater from aquaculture industry contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, which affect plant growth. Conventional methods for trea...

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Autores:
Blanco, Estefany
González-Delgado, Angel Darío
García-Martinez, Janet
Sanchez-Galvis, Edwar
Barajas Solano, andres F
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
Repositorio:
Repositorio Digital UFPS
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.ufps.edu.co:ufps/1612
Acceso en línea:
http://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/1612
Palabra clave:
Biomass
Microalgae
Growth
Treatment
Wastewater
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
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Summary:Microalgae have received increasing attentions as an alternative treatment approach to remediate wastewater for both nutrient removal and biomass production. Wastewater from aquaculture industry contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, which affect plant growth. Conventional methods for treating aquaculture wastewater generally are inefficient and unprofitable. In this work, microalgae Chlorella vulgaris growth was studied in aquaculture effluent medium in order to reduce its contents of NO3 and PO4. Furthermore, the effect of NaHCO3 and Na2CO3 concentrations and addition time on biomass productivity was evaluate to determine the most suitable conditions for biomass growth. It was found that highest biomass content (0.3 g/L) was achieved at 3.4 g/L of sodium bicarbonate concentration and 19 h of addition time.