Polishing of anaerobic secondary effluent by Chlorella vulgaris under low light intensity
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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionEnvironmental Science and Engineering Program
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
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2017-05-29Online Publication Date
2017-05-29Print Publication Date
2017-10Permanent link to this record
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To investigate anaerobic secondary effluent polishing by microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) under low light intensity (14 μmol/m2/s), bubbling column reactors were operated in batches of 8 d with initial ammonium nitrogen 10-50 mg/L, initial phosphate phosphorus 2-10 mg/L and microalgal seed 40 mg/L. Maximum microalgal biomass and minimum generation time were 370.9 mg/L and 2.5 d, respectively. Nitrogen removal (maximum 99.6%) was mainly attributed to microalgal growth rate, while phosphorus removal (maximum 49.8%) was related to microalgal growth rate, cell phosphorus content (maximum 1.5%) and initial nutrients ratio. Dissolved microalgal organics release in terms of chemical oxygen demand (maximum 63.2 mg/L) and hexane extractable material (i.e., oil and grease, maximum 8.5 mg/L) was firstly reported and mainly affected by nitrogen deficiency and deteriorated effluent quality. Ultrafiltration critical flux (16.6-39.5 L/m2/h) showed negative linear correlation to microalgal biomass. Anaerobic membrane bioreactor effluent polishing showed similar results with slight inhibition to synthetic effluent.Citation
Cheng T, Wei C-H, Leiknes T (2017) Polishing of anaerobic secondary effluent by Chlorella vulgaris under low light intensity. Bioresource Technology 241: 360–368. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.149.Sponsors
The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Bioresource TechnologyAdditional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852417308179ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.149