Sugarcane bagasse-based adsorbent as an alternative to enhance the harvesting process of Chlorella vulgaris biomass

This research brightens a new approach to enhance Chlorella vulgaris biomass harvesting process using low-cost sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents in the optimized culture medium. Sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents were activated using different chemical concentration. Acid modified sugarcane bag...

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Main Authors: Basri, W.N.F.W., Lim, J.-W., Isa, M.H., Baloo, L., Uemura, Y., Bashir, M.J.K., Lee, Y.-C., Ching, D.L.C.
Format: Article
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.20873 /
Published: Penerbit Akademia Baru 2018
Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048676111&partnerID=40&md5=974afc06208d47f292e502eff964536e
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20873/
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Summary: This research brightens a new approach to enhance Chlorella vulgaris biomass harvesting process using low-cost sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents in the optimized culture medium. Sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents were activated using different chemical concentration. Acid modified sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents of 1.5 M resulted the highest adsorption capacity of 66. Point of zero charge was carried out the explained the reasons. The samples viewed under SEM showed 1.5M acid modified sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents have highest microalgae adsorption. Different sizes (710μm, 1mm, 2mm and 4mm) of 1.5M acid modified sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents were tested and 4mm-sized sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbents gave the best adsorption. © 2016 Penerbit Akademia Baru.