Cultivation of microalgae on unhydrolysed waste molasses syrup using mass cultivation strategy for improved biodiesel.

ABSTRACT: High cultivation cost and low lipid yield are framed as a major bottleneck for the production of microalgae biodiesel. Hence, we first and foremost highlight a trophic mode transition, coupled with a combinatorial effect of organic carbon, nitrogen and light (C/N/L) on an isolated microalga Chlorococcum sp. SVF in a one pot tri-phasic intermittent feeding system by developing a lab scale Raceway tank (40L). Hitherto, waste molasses syrup without hydrolysis is unexplored in algal bioenergy arena. The direct utilisation capability of sucrose, served by waste unhydrolysed molasses syrup (WUMS), effectively modulates the intrinsic biochemical and physiological characteristics towards microalgae biomass and lipid assimilation. Response surface methodology-central composite design (RSM-CC

SUBMITTER: Khanra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140176 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature