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Exploration of Microalgae-Activated Sludge (Mas) Growth Performance in Lab-Scale Photobioreactor at Outdoor Environmental Condition for Wastewater Biotreatment
James, A.O.; Bankole, A.O.; Pompei, C.M.E.; Dantas, G.A.S.A.; Ruas, G.; Silva, G.H.R. Exploration of Microalgae-Activated Sludge Growth Performance in Lab-Scale Photobioreactors under Outdoor Environmental Conditions for Wastewater Biotreatment. Phycology2023, 3, 484-502.
James, A.O.; Bankole, A.O.; Pompei, C.M.E.; Dantas, G.A.S.A.; Ruas, G.; Silva, G.H.R. Exploration of Microalgae-Activated Sludge Growth Performance in Lab-Scale Photobioreactors under Outdoor Environmental Conditions for Wastewater Biotreatment. Phycology 2023, 3, 484-502.
James, A.O.; Bankole, A.O.; Pompei, C.M.E.; Dantas, G.A.S.A.; Ruas, G.; Silva, G.H.R. Exploration of Microalgae-Activated Sludge Growth Performance in Lab-Scale Photobioreactors under Outdoor Environmental Conditions for Wastewater Biotreatment. Phycology2023, 3, 484-502.
James, A.O.; Bankole, A.O.; Pompei, C.M.E.; Dantas, G.A.S.A.; Ruas, G.; Silva, G.H.R. Exploration of Microalgae-Activated Sludge Growth Performance in Lab-Scale Photobioreactors under Outdoor Environmental Conditions for Wastewater Biotreatment. Phycology 2023, 3, 484-502.
Abstract
Increased volume of untreated and inadequately treated municipal wastewater undermines the circular economy potential of wastewater resources, particularly in low-income region. This present study focused on and evaluated the performance of native microalgae-activated sludge (MAS) growth for tertiary treatment of anaerobically digested wastewater from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) in an outdoor lab-scale photobioreactors (2 L). Seven conditions with distinct inoculum concentrations were operated in batch mode in triplicate for 5-days hydraulic retention time (HRT) at 11.5:12.5 Photo-hours. MAS inoculum concentration influenced treatment outcome. The best performance was observed in MAS concentration 0.10/0.20 g L-1, with cell density count (2.03 x 107 cells mL-1), biomass productivity 0.125 g TSS L-1 d-1 and total phosphorus uptake (85.07%), total nitrogen uptake (66.14%). Logarithmic removal (Log-Re) of bacterial pathogens (water quality indicators) showed Log-Re ((3.4 for total coliforms (1.37E+02 CFU 100 mL-1) and 4.7 for Escherichia coli (0.00E+00 CFU 100 mL-1)). Results revealed optimum remediation performance and nutrients’ recovery potential with appropriate inoculum concentration, in admiration to advancing the science of circular economy.
Keywords
Microalgae-Activated Sludge; Nutrients recovery; Pollutant removal; Total Coliform and Escherichia coli removal
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Water Science and Technology
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