Removal of nutrients by marine microalga T. indica from dairy wastewater (DW) and higher lipid production for biofuel feedstock

Amit; Uttam Kumar Ghosh

doi:10.21767/2572-4657-C1-015

Removal of nutrients by marine microalga T. indica from dairy wastewater (DW) and higher lipid production for biofuel feedstock

10^th Edition of International Conference on Biofuels and Bioenergy

March 04-05, 2019 Barcelona, Spain

Amit and Uttam Kumar Ghosh

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Arch Chem Res

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to identify microalgal species for higher algal biomass production to achieve sustainable biofuel production and simultaneous nutrients removal from the wastewater used as cultivation medium. T. indica, was cultivated in dairy wastewater in different concentration of DW. The maximum biomass concentration of 0.62 g L-1 was achieved for T. indica. T. indica removed 72.7% nitrate, 63.97% phosphate and 78.96% ammoniacal nitrogen in 100% of DW. The maximum lipid productivity of 18.44 mgL-1d-1 was achieved in DW. T. indica shows the presence of palmitic acid, pentadecylic acid, linoleic acid, eicosanoic acid and oleic acid. This research work showed that T. indica is predominant microalga for higher biomass production for bioenergy generation and removal of nutrients from dairy wastewater.