Microalgae Cultivation in Pilot Scale for Biomass Production Using Exhaust Gas from Thermal Power Plants

Sanghyun Park, Yongtae Ahn, Kalimuthu Pandi, Min-Kyu Ji, Hyun-Shik Yun and Jae-Young Choi
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Sanghyun Park: Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea
Yongtae Ahn: Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea
Kalimuthu Pandi: Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea
Min-Kyu Ji: Environmental Assessment Group, Korea Environment Institute, Yeongi-gun 30147, Korea
Hyun-Shik Yun: Dongmyung ent. Co., Ltd., Seoul 06254, Korea
Jae-Young Choi: Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-10

Abstract: Exhaust gases from thermal power plants have the highest amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), presenting an environmental problem related to a severe impact on ecosystems. Extensively, the reduction of CO 2 from thermal power plants has been considered with the aid of microalgae as a cost-effective, sustainable solution, and efficient biological means for recycling of CO 2 . Microalgae can efficiently uptake CO 2 and nutrients resulting in high generation of biomass and which can be processed into different valuable products. In this study, we have taken Nephroselmis sp. KGE8, Acutodesmus obliquus KGE 17 and Acutodesmus obliquus KGE32 microalgae, which are isolated from acid mine drainage and cultivated in a photobiological incubator on a batch scale, and also confirmed that continuous culture was possible on pilot scale for biofuel production. We also evaluated the continuous culture productivity of each cultivate-harvest cycle in the pilot scale. The biomass of the cultivated microalgae was also evaluated for its availability.

Keywords: biomass; microalgae; photobioreactor; power plant exhaust gas; lipid; FAME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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