Enhanced microalgae cultivation using digested kitchen waste sewage treated with struvite precipitation
Keywords:
digested kitchen waste sewage, microalgae, nutrients removal, struvite precipitation treatmentAbstract
This study demonstrated the feasibility of using struvite for nutrient management in algae cultivation on sewage wastewater. The results showed that struvite precipitation treatment dramatically reduced the ammonia in the digested kitchen waste sewage. The untreated sewage was unable to sustain continuous growth of algae, while the algae growth on the treated sewage was comparable with that on an artificial algae culture medium (BG11). The rapid growth on the treated sewage was accompanied by substantial removal of nutrients. The struvite precipitate recovered from the treated sewage was proven to be an alternative source of nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium. The struvite precipitate was evidenced that it could substitute culture media in algae growth. This study showed that struvite treatment is viable for nutrient management of algae cultivation on sewage wastewaters which do not have suitable nutrient profiles. Keywords: digested kitchen waste sewage, microalgae, nutrients removal, struvite precipitation treatment DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20171001.2318 Citation: Tian C Y, Ye X, Xu Y Y, Hua W, Wang W Q, Wu S, et al. Enhanced microalgae cultivation using digested kitchen waste sewage treated with struvite precipitation. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2017; 10(1): 142–147.References
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[11] Diwani G E, Rafie S E, Ibiari N E, EI H I. Recovery of ammonia nitrogen from industrial wastewater treatment as Struvite slow releasing fertilizer. Desalination, 2007; 214(1): 200–214.
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[16] Gell K, Ruijter F J D, Kuntke P, Graff M D. Safety and effectiveness of struvite from black water and urine as a phosphorus fertilizer. Journal of Agricultural Science, 2011; 3(3): 67–80.
[17] Moed N M, Lee D J, Chang J S. Struvite as alternative nutrient source for cultivation of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2015; 56: 73–76.
[18] Vo T, Tran D. Carotene and Antioxidant Capacity of Dunaliella Salina Strains. World Journal of Nutrition and Health, 2014; 2, 21–23.
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[20] Jolanta B, Mariusz K. Treatment of post-digestion liquors with the application of struvite precipitation and reverse osmosis. Desalination & Water Treatment, 2012; 51(1): 1–8.
[21] Dong Y S, Cho H U, Utomo J C, Choi Y , Xu X, Park J M. Biodiesel production from Scenedesmus bijuga grown in anaerobically digested food wastewater effluent. Bioresource Technology, 2015; 184: 215–221.
[22] Powell N, Shilton A N, Pratt S, Chisti Y. Factors influencing luxury uptake of phosphorus by microalgae in waste stabilization ponds. Environmental Science & Technology, 2008; 42(16): 5958–62.
[23] Foy R H, Gibson C E. Photosynthetic characteristics of planktonic blue-green algae: The response of twenty strains grown under high and low light. British Phycological Journal, 2007; 17(2): 169–182.
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Chaoyu, T., Xiao, Y., Yingying, X., Wei, H., Wanqing, W., Shuang, W., … Yanling, C. (2017). Enhanced microalgae cultivation using digested kitchen waste sewage treated with struvite precipitation. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 10(1), 142–147. Retrieved from https://ijabe.migration.pkpps03.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/ijabe/article/view/2318
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