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Mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae to enhance the quality of lipid for biodiesel application: effects of scale of cultivation and light spectrum on reduction of α-linolenic acid

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Title Mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae to enhance the quality of lipid
for biodiesel application: effects of scale of cultivation and light
spectrum on reduction of α-linolenic acid
 
Creator Gupta, Suvidha
Pawar, Sanjay B.
 
Subject Microbiology
 
Description The research on microalgal biodiesel is focused not only on getting the highest lipid productivity but also desired quality of
lipid. The experiments were initially conducted on flask scale (1L) using acetate carbon source at different concentrations
viz. 0.5, 2, 3 and 4 g L−
1. The optimum concentration of acetate was considered for further experiments in two airlift photobioreactors
(10 L) equipped separately with red and white LED lights. The Feasibility Index (FI) was derived to analyze
the scalability of mixotrophic cultivation based on net carbon fixation in biomass per consumption of total organic carbon.
The experimental strategy under mixotrophic mode of cultivation lowered the α-linolenic acid content of lipid by 60–80%
as compared to autotrophic cultivation for Scenedesmus abundans species and yielded the highest biomass and lipid productivities,
59 ± 2 and 17 ± 1.8 mg L−
1 day−1, respectively. The TOC, nitrate, and phosphate reduction rates were 74.6 ± 3.0,
11.5 ± 1.4, 9.6 ± 2.4 mg L−
1 day−
1, respectively. The significant change was observed in lipid compositions due to the scale,
mode of cultivation, and light spectra. As compared to phototrophic cultivation, biodiesel obtained under mixotrophic cultivation
only met standard biodiesel properties. The FI data showed that the mixotrophic cultivation was feasible on moderate
concentrations of acetate (2–3 g L−
1).
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://neeri.csircentral.net/1231/1/Gupta-Pawar2018_Article_MixotrophicCultivationOfMicroa.pdf
Gupta, Suvidha and Pawar, Sanjay B. (2018) Mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae to enhance the quality of lipid for biodiesel application: effects of scale of cultivation and light spectrum on reduction of α-linolenic acid. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 41 (4). pp. 531-542. ISSN 1615-7591, ESSN: 1615-7605
 
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