Screening of sustainable hydrocarbon extracted from microalgae via phycoremediation
A preliminary study of extracted hydrocarbon from microalgae biomass including nutrients removal is presented. The aim of this work is to determine the removal of nutrients from domestic wastewater by Botryococcus sp. and to identify the qualitative hydrocarbon from extracted biomass. The results sh...
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Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN)
2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8519/ |
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| Summary: | A preliminary study of extracted hydrocarbon from microalgae biomass including nutrients removal is presented.
The aim of this work is to determine the removal of nutrients from domestic wastewater by Botryococcus sp. and to
identify the qualitative hydrocarbon from extracted biomass. The results showed that Botryococcus sp. is capable to
remove total nitrogen 60.83% and total phosphorus 36.17% from domestic wastewater. Since the best result was found in
wastewater treatment, lipid content was performed with solvent extraction using soxhlet extractor. From GC-MS analysis,
Phthalic acid, 2-ethylhexyl tridecylester was obtained with the largest peak area of 71.56%. This study proved that
Botryococcus sp. from domestic wastewater treatment phycoremediation could produce biomass with suitable amount of
lipids and chemical compound. |
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