Recent advances on microalgae cultivation for simultaneous biomass production and removal of wastewater pollutants to achieve circular economy

Wan adibah Wan mahari, Wan aizuddin Wan razali, Hidayah Manan, Mursal abdulkadir Hersi, Sairatul dahlianis Ishak, Wee Cheah, Derek juinn chieh Chan, Christian Sonne, Pau loke Show, Su shiung Lam

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Abstract

Microalgae are known for containing high value compounds and its significant role in sequestering carbon dioxide. This review mainly focuses on the emerging microalgae cultivation technologies such as nanomaterials technology that can improve light distribution during microalgae cultivation, attached cultivation and co-cultivation approaches that can improve growth and proliferation of algal cells, biomass yield and lipid accumulation in microalgal. This review includes a comprehensive discussion on the use of microbubbles technology to enhance aerated bubble capacity in photobioreactor to improve microalgal growth. This is followed by discussion on the role of microalgae as phycoremediation agent in removal of contaminants from wastewater, leading to better water quality and high productivity of shellfish. The review also includes techno-economic assessment of microalgae biorefinery technology, which is useful for scaling up the microalgal biofuel production system or integrated microalgae-shellfish cultivation system to support circular economy. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)128085
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume364
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2022

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