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http://dx.doi.org/10.11001/jksww.2013.27.5.621

Particle Separation Characteristics and Harvesting Efficiency of Spirulina platensis Using Micro-bubble  

Gwak, Gyu-Dong (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chonbuk University)
Kim, Mi-Sug (Korean Urban Regeneration Technology Institute)
Kwak, Dong-Heui (Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Seonam University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater / v.27, no.5, 2013 , pp. 621-629 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since algae had been issued an environmental problem, water blooms, deepened due to increase of retention water basin in Korea as well as a biomass resource for producing biofuel, this study conducted a series of experiments for Spirulina platensis using the flotation process with micro-bubble. To elevate utilization of collected-algae, this study focused on omitting or minimizing coagulant's doses as changing a cultivation period and condition affected on physical property change of algae. Two coagulants, PAC and Chitosan, were used to test the collecting rate of algae and the result found no difference between two rates. For flotation experiments without adding the coagulant, dried algae weight (passing 14 days after cultivation for 20 days) detected high separation efficiency 98.2 % and it (passing 7 days after long-term cultivation for 28 days) presented good separation efficiency 91.9 %. Chlorophyll's separation efficiency showed a similar tendency with the case of the dried algae weight. In endogeny conditions, a light source and a carbon source were not considerably affected on the flotation separation efficiency. Thus, this study confirms that algae biomass may be collected without the coagulant during the endogeny condition period after enough cultivation time, 3 weeks.
Keywords
Algae; Harvesting; Spirulina platensis; Bubble; Flotation;
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