Combination of iron-silicate adsorption and Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation for swine wastewater treatment, CO2 fixation, phycobiliproteins generation

Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Da Siou Chen, Hsin Ta Hsueh, Hong Ping Lin, Hsin Chu

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Abstract

Implementation of photosynthetic microorganism, like Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1), is considered as an eco-friendly strategy for carbon dioxide fixation and nutrient utilization in wastewater. However, high level of ammoniacal nitrogen carries out toxicity to TCL-1 cell and adsorption can be applied as a pre-treatment stage. This study observed application of iron-silicate on ammoniacal nitrogen adsorption in non-sterilized and undiluted swine wastewater as pre-treatment for TCL-1 cultivation for CO2 fixation, NH4+-N degradation, and phycobiliprotein generation. The utilization of 100 g/L iron-silicate performed efficient adsorption with the quantity of 4.05 mg-N/g-Fe/Si and fitted the pseudo-first-order adsorption with R2 value of 0.993. The adsorption pre-treated swine wastewater was implemented as TCL-1 growth medium under the 1000 μE/m2/s light intensity for 12 h. The TCL-1 biomass growth, CO2 fixation, and NH4+-N removal rate during cultivation period reached to 31.67 ± 1.25; 57.54 ± 6.09; and 6.05 ± 0.20 mg/L/h respectively. Phycobiliprotein as a byproduct was generated with the productivity of 13.9 mg/g/h. Thus, coupling iron-silicate for pre-treatment step of TCL-1 cultivation in swine wastewater is eco-friendly strategy to reduce water demand for dilution, ignite phycobiliprotein accumulation during the CO2 fixation and nutrient utilization process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102406
JournalJournal of Water Process Engineering
Volume44
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Process Chemistry and Technology

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