Food waste compost as an organic nutrient source for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris

Chew, Kit Wayne and Chia, Shir Reen and Show, Pau Loke and Ling, Tau Chuan and Arya, Shalini S. and Chang, Jo-Shu (2018) Food waste compost as an organic nutrient source for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris. Bioresource Technology, 267. pp. 356-362. ISSN 0960-8524, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.069.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.069

Abstract

The present study investigates the prospective of substituting inorganic medium with organic food waste compost medium as a nutrient supplement for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris FSP-E. Various percentages of compost mixtures were replaced in the inorganic medium to compare the algal growth and biochemical composition. The use of 25% compost mixture combination was found to yield higher biomass concentration (11.1%) and better lipid (10.1%) and protein (2.0%) content compared with microalgae cultivation in fully inorganic medium. These results exhibited the potential of combining the inorganic medium with organic food waste compost medium as an effective way to reduce the cultivation cost of microalgae and to increase the biochemical content in the cultivated microalgae.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Malaysia [ FRGS/1/2015/SG05/UNIM/03/1 ], Ministry of Science and Technology, Malaysia [ MOSTI02-02-12-SF0256 ], Prototype Research Grant Scheme, Malaysia [ PRGS/2/2015/SG05/UNIM/03/1 ]
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chlorella; Cultivation; Food waste compost; Microalgae; Organic medium
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history
T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2019 07:38
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2019 07:38
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/22228

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