Phycoremediation of alcohol distillery wastewater (ADW) with a new Chlorella
sorokiniana obtained from the White Sea, on the northwest coast of Russia, and
cultivated in a high-rate photobioreactor revealed the potential to reduce COD of
ADW from 20,000 to 1500 mg L
À1 (by 75%) within 4 days of cultivation. The
removal percentages of various parameters in this study are presented in Fig. 13.4,
and it was reported that the Chlorella sorokiniana biomass obtained from the postmoderate nitrogen removal efficiency is endorsed for the biodiesel production
(Solovchenko et al. 2014).
3.3.3 Breweries
Breweries also release a large volume of polluted wastewaters rich in organic
contents which can be treated by phycoremediation. de Raposo et al. (2010)
observed that a consortium containing Cyanobacteria could remove nitrogen
(up to 5855 g kg
À1 of biomass day
À1
), phosphorous (up to 805 g kg
À1 of biomass
day
À1 ), BOD 5 (up to 27%), and COD (up to 15%).
A parametric study of a brewery effluent treatment by microalgae Scenedesmus
obliquus, carried out with a light intensity of 12000 lux and 12-hour photoperiod,
reported the maximum dry biomass productivity of 0.9 g L
À1 (Mata et al. 2012).
Further, the two-stage photoautotrophic–photoheterotrophic/mixotrophic cultivation
systems were used for optimizing the lipid productivity of two freshwater Chlorella
Table 13.2 Maximum percentage removal of phenolic compounds by Scenedesmus quadricauda
and Ankistrodesmus braunii in olive oil mill wastewater cultured in dark conditions followed by
HPLC analysis
Wastewater
Microalgae
Percentage removal
Reference
Olive oil mill
wastewater
Ankistrodesmus braunii and
Scenedesmus quadricauda
Tyrosol: 95 Æ 2
a and
100 Æ 0
b
Hydroxytyrosol: 100 Æ 0
and 100 Æ 0
Catechol: 100 Æ 0 and
100 Æ 0
4-HO-benzoate: 100 Æ 0
and 95 Æ 3
Ferulic acid: 100 Æ 0 and
100 Æ 0
p-Coumaric acid: 70 Æ 4
and 100 Æ 0
Sinapic acid: 100 Æ 0
and 100 Æ 0
Caffeic acid: 82 Æ 3 and
90 Æ 2
Vanillic acid: 100 Æ 0
and 100 Æ 0
Pinto et al.
(2003)
a For Ankistrodesmus braunii
b
For Scenedesmus quadricauda
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sorokiniana obtained from the White Sea, on the northwest coast of Russia, and
cultivated in a high-rate photobioreactor revealed the potential to reduce COD of
ADW from 20,000 to 1500 mg L
À1 (by 75%) within 4 days of cultivation. The
removal percentages of various parameters in this study are presented in Fig. 13.4,
and it was reported that the Chlorella sorokiniana biomass obtained from the postmoderate nitrogen removal efficiency is endorsed for the biodiesel production
(Solovchenko et al. 2014).
3.3.3 Breweries
Breweries also release a large volume of polluted wastewaters rich in organic
contents which can be treated by phycoremediation. de Raposo et al. (2010)
observed that a consortium containing Cyanobacteria could remove nitrogen
(up to 5855 g kg
À1 of biomass day
À1
), phosphorous (up to 805 g kg
À1 of biomass
day
À1 ), BOD 5 (up to 27%), and COD (up to 15%).
A parametric study of a brewery effluent treatment by microalgae Scenedesmus
obliquus, carried out with a light intensity of 12000 lux and 12-hour photoperiod,
reported the maximum dry biomass productivity of 0.9 g L
À1 (Mata et al. 2012).
Further, the two-stage photoautotrophic–photoheterotrophic/mixotrophic cultivation
systems were used for optimizing the lipid productivity of two freshwater Chlorella
Table 13.2 Maximum percentage removal of phenolic compounds by Scenedesmus quadricauda
and Ankistrodesmus braunii in olive oil mill wastewater cultured in dark conditions followed by
HPLC analysis
Wastewater
Microalgae
Percentage removal
Reference
Olive oil mill
wastewater
Ankistrodesmus braunii and
Scenedesmus quadricauda
Tyrosol: 95 Æ 2
a and
100 Æ 0
b
Hydroxytyrosol: 100 Æ 0
and 100 Æ 0
Catechol: 100 Æ 0 and
100 Æ 0
4-HO-benzoate: 100 Æ 0
and 95 Æ 3
Ferulic acid: 100 Æ 0 and
100 Æ 0
p-Coumaric acid: 70 Æ 4
and 100 Æ 0
Sinapic acid: 100 Æ 0
and 100 Æ 0
Caffeic acid: 82 Æ 3 and
90 Æ 2
Vanillic acid: 100 Æ 0
and 100 Æ 0
Pinto et al.
(2003)
a For Ankistrodesmus braunii
b
For Scenedesmus quadricauda
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