The use of electrical flocculation for the recovery of microalga, chlorella vulgaris

Audrey Rose, Andrew (2010) The use of electrical flocculation for the recovery of microalga, chlorella vulgaris. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Chlorella vulgaris has been one of the preferred microalgal species in algal biofuel production. In the present study, this alga was grown in batch and outdoor mass cultures under varying concentration of fertilizer and growth promoter in NGP medium. The biomass of the C. vulgaris in the outdoor cultivation was harvested using an electrical flocculation method with the addition of chitosan. Results showed that the flocculation efficiency of this microalga increased when higher concentration of chitosan (3g/L) used and higher voltage (1 OV) applied. The obtained biomass was later extracted for its lipid content. Lipid analysis showed that the lipid content in the microalga using current mass cultivation method was low, about 2.17% of dry weight.

Item Type:	Final Year Project Report
Additional Information:	Project Report (B.Sc.) - Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2010.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Chlorella vulgaris, Norhadi's Growth Promoter (NGP) media, mass culture, electrical flocculation, chitosan, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, undergraduate, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Divisions:	Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
Depositing User:	Karen Kornalius
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2017 04:02
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2023 04:30
URI:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17537

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