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The Cultivation of Biohydrogen-Producing Tetraselmis subcordiformis Microalgae as the Third Stage of Dairy Wastewater Aerobic Treatment System

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Dudek, Magda, Dębowski, Marcin, Kazimierowicz, Joanna, Zieliński, Marcin, Quattrocelli, Piera, Nowicka, Anna·2022·Sustainability

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The development of wastewater treatment systems, including competitive methods for nitrogen and phosphorus removal, is focused on intensifying final technological effects with due care taken for economic and environmental concerns. Given the possibility of integrating wastewater treatment processes with biofuel production, the prospective seems to be technologies harnessing microalgal biomass. The present study aimed to verify the feasibility of applying T. subcordiformis genus microalgae as the third stage of the dairy wastewater treatment process and to determine microalgae biomass production effectiveness and hydrogen yield in the biophotolysis process. The study proved that microalgae cultivation with dairy wastewater was nearly 35% less effective compared to that with a chemically pure medium. Nitrogen and phosphorus compounds contaminating wastewater were found to represent an available source of nutrients for T. subcordiformis population. The volume of hydrogen produced ranged from 116 ± 7 cm3 to 162 ± 7 cm3, and the percentage of H2 content in the biogas ranged from 55.4 ± 2.2% to 57.2 ± 4.1%. A significantly higher hydrogen yield per initial biomass concentration, reaching 69 ± 4.2 cm3/go.d.m., was determined in the variant with wastewater accounting for 50% of the culture medium. The respective value noted in the control respirometer was 54 ± 2.1 cm3/go.d.m.

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  • Most scientific publications focus on the use of microalgae biomass for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, and aviation fuels.

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    From Multi-Sensing Monitoring of the Microalgae Biomass Cultivation Systems for Biofuels and Added Value Products Synthesis—Challenges and Opportunities (2025) · cites this paper as [10]

    The Introduction (page not specified) describes biofuel production as an application of microalgae-based systems and identifies hydrogen production as an active research area. It does not say that most scientific publications focus on biofuels or substantiate the full list of fuels in the claim. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  1. Naorbe, M.C.; Serrano, A.E. Effects of Heavy Metals on Cell Density, Size, Specific Growth Rate and Chlorophyll a of Tetraselmis Tetrathele under Controlled Laboratory Conditions. Aquac. Aquarium, Conserv. Legis. 2018, 11, 589-597.

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Authors
Dudek, M., Dębowski, M., Kazimierowicz, J., Zieliński, M., Quattrocelli, P., & Nowicka, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (PL)
  • Bialystok University of Technology (PL)
  • Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
Corresponding author
Dębowski, Marcin
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-09-24
Volume
14
Issue
19
Pages
12085
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4297225542
Cited by
25
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1
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0.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Minister of Education and Science (010/RID/2018/19)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Keywords
Tetraselmis subcordiformis, biohydrogen production, dairy wastewater, microalgae cultivation, biophotolysis, hydrogen yield, nitrogen removal, phosphorus removal, microalgal biomass

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