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http://dx.doi.org/10.15433/ksmb.2017.9.1.014

Improving Microalgal Biomass Productivity and Preventing Biofouling in Floating Marine Photobioreactors via Sulfonation of Selectively Permeable Membranes  

Kim, Kwangmin (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Yunwoo (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Z-Hun (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Park, Hanwool (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Jung, Injae (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Park, Jaehoon (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Lim, Sang-Min (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Choul-Gyun (National Marine Bioenergy Research Consortium & Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology / v.9, no.1, 2017 , pp. 14-21 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to inhibit biofouling on a selectively permeable membrane (SPM) and increase biomass productivity in marine photobioreactors (PBRs) for microalgal cultivation by chemical treatment. Surfaces of a SPM, composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), was sulfonated to decrease hydrophobicity through attaching negatively charged sulfonic groups. Reaction time of sulfonation was varied from 0 min to 60 min. As the reaction time increased, the water contact angle value of SPM surface was decreased from $75.5^{\circ}$ to $44.5^{\circ}$, indicating decrease of surface hydrophobicity. Furthermore, the water permeability of sulfonated SPM was increased from $5.42mL/m^2/s$ to $10.58mL/m^2/s$, which reflects higher nutrients transfer rates through the membranes, due to decreased hydrophobicity. When cultivating Tetraselmis sp. using 100-mL floating PBRs with sulfonated SPMs, biomass productivity was improved by 34% compared with the control group (non-reacted SPMs). In addition, scanning electron microscopic observation of SPMs used for cultivation clearly revealed lower degree of cell attachment on the sulfonated SPMs. These results suggest that sulfornation of a PET SPM could improve microalgal biomass productivity by increasing nutrients transfer rates and inhibiting biofouling by algal cells.
Keywords
Tetraselmis; bio-fouling; mesh; sulfonation; marine cultivation;
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