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Leca MA, Michelena B, Castel L, Sánchez-Quintero Á, Sambusiti C, Monlau F, Le Guer Y, Beigbeder JB. Innovative and sustainable cultivation strategy for the production of Spirulina platensis using anaerobic digestates diluted with residual geothermal water. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 344:118349. [PMID: 37406495 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
Abstract
The following study investigates the possibility of growing the Spirulina platensis (S. platensis) cyanobacteria on two agro-industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) digestates diluted with geothermal water. The two digestates (FAWD: Food and Agricultural Wastes Digestate and CDD: Cheese Diary Digestate) were selected based on their different chemical characteristics, attributed to the type of feedstock and the operating conditions used during the AD process. In the first part of the study, a screening experiment was performed in 200 mL glass tubes to evaluate the appropriate dilution factor to generate the maximum S. platensis growth using both AD digestates individually and geothermal water as sustainable alternative dilution agent. Based on the different growth parameters measured, dilution rates of 5x and 40x were chosen for CDD and FAWD respectively, as a trade-off between growth performances and quantity of water to use. Volumetric productivities of 33 ± 1 mg/L/d and 56 ± 8 mg/L/d combined with maximal concentrations of 0.52 ± 0.02 g/L and 0.69 ± 0.02 g/L were achieved when cultivating S. platensis on CDD and FAWD, respectively. In the second part, the selected experimental results were scaled-up to 6 L flat panels bioreactors and S. platensis biomass productivities of 71 and 101 mg/L/d were obtained for CDD and FAWD, respectively using sodium bicarbonate as inorganic carbon source. When regulating the pH to 8.5 with carbon dioxide (CO2) injection, cultures were able to produce up to 1.13 g/L and 0.79 g/L of S. platensis corresponding to biomass productivities of 81 and 136 mg/L/d for CDD and FAWD, respectively. In addition, S. platensis properly assimilated the ammonium present in the digestate-based culture media, with removal efficiency up to 98% in the case of the CDD substrate. The characterization of the final S. platensis biomass revealed the presence of high concentration of carbohydrates (48.6-70.3 % of dry weight) in the culture supplemented with both AD digestates. The experimental findings show the potential of reusing liquid digestate, CO2 as well as geothermal water for the sustainable production of carbohydrate-rich S. platensis biomass.
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- Marie-Ange Leca
- APESA, Pôle Valorisation, 3 Chemin de Sers, 64121, Montardon, France; SIAME, Université de Pau et Pays de l'Adour E2S UPPA - IPRA, 64000, Pau, France
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- APESA, Pôle Valorisation, 3 Chemin de Sers, 64121, Montardon, France
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- Total Energies, PERL - Pôle D' Etudes et de Recherche de Lacq, Pôle Economique 2, BP 47 - RD 817, 64170, Lacq, France
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- SIAME, Université de Pau et Pays de l'Adour E2S UPPA - IPRA, 64000, Pau, France
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Wang W, Chang JS, Lee DJ. Anaerobic digestate valorization beyond agricultural application: Current status and prospects. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 373:128742. [PMID: 36791977 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The flourishment of anaerobic digestion emphasizes the importance of digestate valorization, which is essential in determining the benefits of the anaerobic digestion process. Recently the perception of digestate gradually shifted from waste to products to realize the concept of circular economy and maximize the benefits of digestate valorization. Land application of digestate should be the simplest way for digestate valorization, while legislation restriction and environmental issues emphasize the necessity of novel valorization methods. This review then outlined the current methods for solid/liquid digestate valorization, nutrient recovery, microalgae cultivation, and integration with biological and thermochemical processes. The novel valorization routes proposed were summarized, with their challenges and prospects being discussed. Integrating anaerobic digestion with thermochemical methods such as hydrothermal carbonization should be a promising strategy due to the potential market value of hydrochar/biochar-derived products.
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- Wei Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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Schoeters F, Thoré ES, De Cuyper A, Noyens I, Goossens S, Lybaert S, Meers E, Van Miert S, de Souza MF. Microalgal cultivation on grass juice as a novel process for a green biorefinery. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kumar Y, Kaur S, Kheto A, Munshi M, Sarkar A, Om Pandey H, Tarafdar A, Sindhu R, Sirohi R. Cultivation of microalgae on food waste: Recent advances and way forward. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 363:127834. [PMID: 36029984 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Microalgae are photosynthetic microbes that can synthesize compounds of therapeutic potential with wide applications in the food, bioprocessing and pharmaceutical sector. Recent research advances have therefore, focused on finding suitable economic substrates for the sustainable cultivation of microalgae. Among such substrates, food derived waste specifically from the starch, meat, dairy, brewery, oil and fruit and vegetable processing industries has gained popularity but poses numerous challenges. Pretreatment, dilution of waste water supernatants, mixing of different food waste streams, utilizing two-stage cultivation and other biorefinery approaches have been intensively explored for multifold improvement in microalgal biomass recovery from food waste. This review discusses the advances and challenges associated with cultivation of microalgae on food waste. The review suggests that there is a need to standardize different waste substrates in terms of general composition, genetically engineered microalgal strains, tackling process scalability issues, controlling wastewater toxicity and establishing a waste transportation chain.
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- Yogesh Kumar
- Department of Food Engineering and Technology, SLIET, Longowal 148 106, Punjab, India
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- Department of Food Engineering and Technology, SLIET, Longowal 148 106, Punjab, India
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- Department of Food Process Engineering, NIT, Rourkela, Odisha, India
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- Division of Food Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, VFSTR, Guntur, A.P, India
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- Department of Food Process Engineering, NIT, Rourkela, Odisha, India
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- Livestock Production and Management Section, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Livestock Production and Management Section, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Food Technology, TKM Institute of Technology, Kollam 691 505, Kerala, India
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- Department of Food Technology, School of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248 007, Uttarakhand, India.
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