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Harvesting of Chlorella sp. by Co-cultivation with Some Filamentous Fungi | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 35-42 | ||
| Author | ||
| Rana H. Hameed Al-Shammari | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Algae are play a major role as straight producers of biofuels, so expansion of a new. harvestingtechnology is important to achieve economic feasibility of biofuel production from algae.. Fungal pelletization-assisted.. Microalgal harvesting has Emerged as new research area for decreasing the harvesting cost and energy inputs in the algae-to-biofuel method. The present study tried to optimize process circumstances as (substrate inputs, process time and pH). Through choice of a robust fungal strain. Four fungal strains (Aspergillus terreus, Trichoderma sp., Mucor sp. and Rhizopus sp.) were screened for their pelletizing efficiency in fresh/supplemented chu-10 with selected media nutrient (glucose, nitrogen and phosphorous). Results showed that Aspergillus terreus was the most efficient strain for pelletizing in the nutrient supplemented chu-10 with its neutral pH (7) and acidic pH (5). Stimulatingly, A. terreus was capable to harvest nearly 100 % of the Clorella sp. cells (1×106 spore/ml at optical density (OD) approximately 2.5 initial working algal concentration) within only 24 h. at supplementation of (10 g/l glucose, 2.5 mg/l aNH4NO3 and 0.5 mg/l mK2HPO4) also performed well at lower glucose level (5 g/l) can also results in similar harvesting but its need relatively higher incubation time. The procedure kinetics in term of harvesting index (H. I) as well as the variation of residual glucose and pH with time was also studied. The mechanism of harvesting process was studied through microscopic, examination. A. terreus strain investigated in this study could emerge as an efficient, sustainable and economically viable tool in microalgae harvesting for biofuel production and time conservation. | ||
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