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Study of Chlorella sorokiniana Cultivation in an Airlift Tubular Photobioreactor Using Anaerobic Digestate Substrate

Paraskevi Psachoulia    
Christos Chatzidoukas and Petros Samaras    

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Microalgae offer a promising solution for efficiently treating high-nitrogen wastewater and recovering valuable nutrients. To optimize microalgae growth and nutrient assimilation, case-dependent studies are essential to demonstrate the process?s potential. This study aimed to evaluate the treatment capacity of high-nitrogen anaerobic digestion effluent as a nutrient source for a C. sorokiniana microalgal culture in a tubular photobioreactor. The study had two primary objectives: to assess how the concentration and composition of the digestate influence microalgae growth, and to identify the preferred nitrogen forms assimilated by the microalgae during long-term, continuous operation. A 20 L tubular airlift bioreactor was constructed and used in batch mode; various digestate concentrations were examined with ammonia nitrogen levels reaching to 160 mg/L. These experiments revealed a biomass growth rate of up to 130 mg/L/d and an ammonia nitrogen assimilation rate ranging from 8.3 to 12.5 mg/L/d. The presence of phosphorous proved essential for microalgae growth, and the growth entered a stationary phase when the initial phosphorous was fully assimilated. A nitrogen-to-phosphorous (N/P) ratio of 10 supported efficient species growth. While ammonia was the preferred nitrogen form for microalgae, they could also utilize alternative forms such as organic and nitrate nitrogen, depending on the specific digestate properties. The results from the continuous photobioreactor operation confirmed the findings from the batch mode, especially regarding the initial nitrogen and phosphorous content. An important condition for nearly complete ammonia removal was the influent dilution rate, to balance the nitrogen assimilation rate. Moreover, treated effluent was employed as dilution medium, contributing to a more environmentally sustainable water management approach for the entire process, at no cost to the culture growth rate.

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