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G. VenkataSubhash, et al. ; Meghna Rajvanshi; G. Raja Krishna Kumar; Uma Shankar Sagaram; Venkatesh Prasad; Sridharan Govindachary; Santanu Dasgupta; Show all 7 Authors
... Rapidly exhausting fossil fuels combined with the ever-increasing demand for energy led to an ongoing search for alternative energy sources to meet the transportation, manufacturing, domestic and other energy demands of the grown population. Microalgae are at the forefront of alternative energy research due to their significant potential as a renewable feedstock for biofuels. However, microalgae p ...
... Microalgae has recently attracted a significant interest as a sustainable source of nutrients for feed industry. Therefore, it is important to gain a comprehensive understanding on safety, physical and biochemical qualities, and storage stability of the microalgae products intended for use in feeds. This work is a time course evaluation of nutritional and safety parameters of microalgal biomass (P ...
Protozoa; algae; bacteria; biomass production; electric potential difference; electrodes; pH; ponds; predators; salinity; temperature
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... Large scale cultivation of algae is becoming a major challenge due to the impact of biotic (grazers and predators) and abiotic (salinity, light, temperature and pH) stress factors on growth and biomass productivity. Historically, to control grazers and predators, various physical, chemical and biological methods have been used which have had detrimental effects on algae growth and environment. Con ...
... Microalgae when grown under certain conditions can be rich sources of protein and can complement conventional protein sources like fishmeal and soymeal, in the aquaculture and animal feed industry. In this study, evaluation of four marine microalgae strains (Picochlorum sp., Nannochloris sp., Nannochloropsis sp., and Chlorella sp.) revealed that in vitro protein solubility and digestibility may se ...
... There is a growing recognition that carbon-neutral biofuels and microalgae are eco-friendly options because of their high CO2 sequestering capability and ability to grow in wastewater/sea water and non-arable land. Also the intrinsic properties of microalgal systems can be exploited for high value compounds such as carbohydrates, lipids, pigments and proteins. This article provides a comprehensive ...
... Electrogenic activity of oxygenic photo-bioelectrocatalytic fuel cell (PhFCOX) under mixotrophic mode was evaluated using atmospheric CO2 and domestic wastewater as carbon sources for harnessing bioelectricity with mixed microalgae as anodic biocatalyst. PhFCOX operation showed good electrogenic activity (3.55μW/m2) associated with higher biomass growth (2.87g/l) and chlorophyll content (5.12mg/l) ...
bacteria; biocatalysts; electricity; electron transfer; hydrogen; hydrogen production; metabolism; proteins; renewable energy sources; wastewater treatment
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... A novel biocatalyzed electrofermentor (BEF) was designed which uncovers the intricate role of biocatalyst involved in cogeneration of electro-fuels (hydrogen and electricity). The specific role of external resistance (Rext, electrical load) on the performance of BEF was evaluated. Four BEFs were operated separately with different resistances (25, 50, 100 and 200Ω) at an organic load of 5g/L. Among ...
... A novel BEF (biocatalyzed electrofermentor) is designed by hybridizing the functional properties of both MFC (microbial fuel cell) and acidogenic fermentation process (AFP). This prototype facilitates potential synergy between the electrogenic and acidogenic processes to recover biohydrogen and bioelectricity with simultaneous wastewater treatment. The BEF was operated in three circuitry modes of ...
... The study documented the potential of isolated filamentous fungus Aspergillus sp. as whole cell biocatalyst for biodiesel production using Sabourauds dextrose broth medium (SDBM) and corncob waste liquor (CWL) as substrates. SDBM showed improvement in both biomass production (13.6g dry weight/1000ml) and lipid productivity (23.3%) with time. Lipid extraction was performed by direct (DTE) and indir ...
... The effect of different inorganic acids viz., HNO₃, HCl, H₂SO₄ and H₃PO₄ on inoculum pretreatment to selectively enrich hydrogen (H₂) producing acidogenic bacteria was evaluated in anaerobic sequencing batch bioreactors. Relative positive efficiency of HNO₃ pretreated consortia in enhancing H₂ production (11.85molH₂/kgCODR) was noticed compared to other acids (HCl, 5.64molH₂/kgCODR; H₂SO₄, 7.65mol ...
... Microalgae are deemed to be a potential biocatalyst for the production of biodiesel along with other valuable products. An attempt was made to evaluate the effect of sequential growth phase (GP) and starvation phase (SP) on the lipid productivity of heterotrophically grown mixed microalgae using domestic wastewater as substrate/feed-stock. Effect of nutrients viz., nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), ca ...
... Electrogenic activity of photo-bioelectrocatalytic /photo-biological fuel cell (PhFC) was evaluated in a mixotrophic mode under anoxygenic microenvironment using photosynthetic consortia as biocatalyst. An acetate rich wastewater was used as anolyte for harnessing energy along with additional treatment. Mixotrophic operation facilitated good electrogenic activity and wastewater treatment associate ...
biodiesel; biomass; chemical oxygen demand; lipid content; microalgae; municipal wastewater; saturated fatty acids; temperature; unsaturated fatty acids
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... The role of operating temperature as a physical stress factor for enhancing lipid induction during microalgae cultivation with domestic wastewater was evaluated. Experiments were designed with dual mode microalgae cultivation viz., growth phase (GP) and temperature induced stress phase (25°C, 30°C and 35°C). GP showed enhancement in biomass growth and carbohydrate accumulation while stress phase ( ...
biohydrogen; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; effluents; electric current; enzymes; fermentation; hydrogen production; volatile fatty acids
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... Feasibility of integrating Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) process with dark-fermentation process for additional hydrogen recovery as well as substrate degradation was demonstrated in the present study. MEC was employed in order to utilize the residual organic fraction present in the acidogenic effluents of dark fermentation process as substrate for hydrogen production with input of small electr ...
Haliotis; Shewanella; bacteria; bioaugmentation; biocatalysts; capacitance; electrochemistry; electron transfer; microbial fuel cells; mixed culture; power generation
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... The functional role of electrochemically active bacteria (EAB), Shewanella haliotis ATCC 49138 as biocatalyst for bioaugmentation onto anodic native microflora (anaerobic) was evaluated to enhance the electrogenic activity of microbial fuel cell (MFC). Fuel cell operation with S. haliotis (MFC-S) alone as anodic biocatalyst showed relatively higher power output (295 mV; 2.13 mA at 100 Ω) than mixe ...