Modified Photobioreactor for Biofixation of Carbon Dioxide by Chlorella vulgaris at Different Light Intensities

The performance of a modified bioreactor inside a light enclosure for carbon dioxide biofixation by Chlorella vulgaris was investigated. The influence of different light intensities on the CO₂ biofixation and biomass production rates was evaluated. The results showed that the photon flux available to the microalgal cultures can be a key issue in optimizing the microalgae photobioreactor performance, particularly at high cell concentrations. Although the optimal pH values for C. vulgaris are in the range of 6–8, cell growth can take place even at pH 4 and 10. Batch microalgae cultivation in the photobioreactor was used to investigate the effect of different light intensities. The maximum biomass concentration of 1.83 g L^?1 was obtained at a light intensity of 100 μmol m^?2s^?1 and under aeration with 2 L min^?1 of 2 % CO₂‐enriched air.     

Optimization of Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Chlorella vulgaris Cultivated in a Membrane‐Photobioreactor

In this paper, an enclosed membrane‐photobioreactor was designed to remove CO₂ using Chlorella vulgaris. The performances of four reactors, which included the presented novel bioreactor, a draft tube airlift photobioreactor, a bubble column and a membrane contactor, were compared. The effects of the gas flow rate, light intensity, quality of the inner light source, and the characteristics of membrane module on CO₂ fixation were investigated. The results showed that the rate of CO₂ fixation in the membrane‐photobioreactor was 0.95–5.40 times higher than that in the other three conventional reactors under the optimal operating conditions     

Multiobjective optimization of microalgae (Chlorella sp.) growth in a photobioreactor using Box‐Behnken design approach

This study investigates a parameter optimization approach to maximize the specific growth rate of the Chlorella vulgaris microalgae species, its biomass productivity, and CO₂ capture rate. For this purpose, the Box‐Behnken experimental design technique is applied with temperature, nitrogen to phosphorus ratio, and light‐dark cycle per day, as the growth controlling parameters. For each response, a quadratic model is developed separately describing the algal specific growth rate, biomass productivity, and CO₂ capture rate, respectively. The maximum specific growth rate of 0.84 d^?1 is obtained at 25 °C, with a nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of 3.4:1, and light‐dark cycles of 24/0 h. Maximum biomass productivity of 147.3 mg L^?1 d^?1 is found at 30 °C, with a nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of 3:1, and light‐dark cycles of 12/12 h. In addition, the maximum CO₂ capture rate of 159.5 mg L^?1 d^?1 is also obtained at 30 °C, with a nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of 4:1, and light‐dark cycles of 23/1 h. Finally, a multi‐response optimization method is applied to maximize the specific growth rate, biomass productivity, and CO₂ capture rate, simultaneously. The optimal set of 30 °C, a nitrogen to phosphorus ratio 3:1, and light‐dark cycles 16/8 h, provide the maximum specific growth rate of 0.66 per day, biomass productivity of 147.6 mg L^?1 d^?1, and CO₂ capture rate of 141.7 mg L^?1 d^?1.

     

Selective Extraction of Lutein from Alcohol Treated Chlorella vulgaris by Supercritical CO2

A pretreatment process using alcohol for the removal of chlorophyll a, b and β‐carotene from Chlorella vulgaris was developed to improve the yield and selectivity of lutein in the extract obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction was carried out after pretreatment in the pressure range of 20 to 40 MPa and the temperature range of 40 to 80 °C. Ethanol and methanol were selected as elution solvents, of which ethanol was found most suitable for the elution, or pretreatment, process. The amounts of lutein and other compounds were analyzed by HPLC with the mixture of methanol and THF as the mobile phase. The amount of lutein in the extract increased with pressure, but decreased with extraction temperature. The highest recovery percentage and the selectivity of lutein were around 52.9 ± 0.02 % and 43.1 ± 0.02 %, respectively, obtained from supercritical carbon dioxide extraction with pretreatment and ethanol entrainer at 40 MPa and 40 °C.     

Optimization of growth operational conditions for CO2 biofixation by native Synechocystis sp.

BACKGROUND: A fundamental step in assessing the viability of a CO₂ biofixation system based on microalgae is to identify the maximum CO₂ biofixation yield that can be achieved for this microorganism when it is cultivated under optimum operational growth conditions. Response surface methodology was applied to determine optimum culture conditions for CO₂ biofixation by a recently isolated freshwater cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. The strain was cultivated in a 1 L bubble column photobioreactor, in semicontinuous mode. RESULTS: Statistical analysis showed that temperature (from 22 to 39 °C), pH (from 7.2 to 8.8) and light intensity (from 928 to 2272 µE m^?2 s^?1), in addition to some of their interactions, had a significant effect on CO₂ biofixation. An optimum CO₂ biofixation rate of 2.07 gCO₂ L^?1culture day^?1 was found within the experimental region, at an average light intensity 686 µE m^?2 s^?1, pH 7.2 and temperature 35.3 °C. CONCLUSIONS: Based on these results, it is concluded that Synechocystis sp. presents a good tolerance to both high temperature and light intensity, characteristics which facilitate its application in outdoor CO₂ biofixation systems. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Supercritical CO2 extraction of pigment components with pharmaceutical importance from Chlorella vulgaris

BACKGROUND: Chlorella vulgaris is a green microalgae that contains various pigment components of carotenoids and chlorophylls. Supercritical CO₂ is widely used for extraction of pharmaceutical compounds because it is non‐oxic and easily separated from extracted material by simply depressurizing. In this work, pharmaceutical compounds from Chlorella vulgaris have been extracted using supercritical CO₂ with or without entrainer at various extraction conditions. RESULTS: Based on high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis, the extracts contained pigment components, such as lutein, β‐carotene, chlorophyll a and b. Higher extraction pressure and temperature promoted higher lutein extraction by supercritical CO₂. The optimum pressure and temperature for extraction were obtained as 50 MPa and 80 °C. Ethanol as an entrainer was more effective than acetone for the extraction of pigment components. Pigment components in the extract obtained by supercritical CO₂ with and without entrainer were compared with the extract obtained by a conventional extraction method. CONCLUSION: Supercritical CO₂ has been successfully applied for the extraction of pigment components from Chlorella vulgaris. Supercritical CO₂ enabled high selectivity for lutein extraction; however, the lutein yield was lower than that obtained by extraction using supercritical CO₂ with ethanol and soxhlet. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

普通小球藻固定模拟烟气中CO2的实验研究

大气中CO₂浓度增加造成的全球变暖已成为一个严峻的环境问题,利用微藻生物固碳法减排CO₂正成为研究热点.本文以普通小球藻(Chlorella vulgaris,FACHB-1227)为研究对象,采用SE无碳培养基,在沿程曝气型套管式光生物反应器中通入含不同体积分数CO₂(5%、10%、15%和20%)的模拟烟气培养小球藻,培养周期为17天,以细胞密度和平均固碳速率为检测指标,研究模拟烟气下普通小球藻生长情况及固碳能力.实验结果表明:当模拟烟气中CO₂体积分数为10%时,普通小球藻的细胞密度达到最大值8.76×10⁶cells/mL,相比于5%组、15%组和20%组分别提高了54.23%、66.86%和76.97%;其平均固碳速率达最大值30.18mg/(L·d),较5%组、15%组和20%组分别提高了57.27%、70.89%和81.91%.可见,在模拟烟气中CO₂体积分数为10%时,普通小球藻的生长情况和固碳性能最好.     

CO2/H2S对油气管材的腐蚀规律

综述了CO2 、H2 S对油气管材的腐蚀机理及影响因素 ,提出了开发经济型油管的设想。     

Growth kinetics and lipid production using Chlorella vulgaris in a circulating loop photobioreactor

BACKGROUND: Compared with agriculture, microalgae culture promises to be a novel way of producing lipids for both food consumption and transportation fuel (biodiesel) purposes while using a minimal amount of land area. A circulating loop photobioreactor has been used to study the growth kinetics and lipid yield of Chlorella vulgaris growing on carbon dioxide as the sole source of carbon. RESULTS: Because of high photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) fluxes, C. vulgaris was observed to grow in exponential mode. The highest growth rate achieved was 0.049 h^?1 at the optimum growth conditions of 71.8 mW L^?1 PAR density, 10% CO₂ (v/v) in air and with an applied 8 h dark phase. The microalgae was observed to grow in a Monod fashion with a PAR density saturation coefficient of 2.8 mW L^?1. Light intensity showed the potential to significantly increase lipid yield, which reached a maximum of 30% (by mass) of cell dry weight. CONCLUSION: The circulating loop photobioreactor is a low‐cost bioreactor technology capable of culturing photosynthetic microalgae at high PAR densities and with uniform mixing and lighting. C. vulgaris is able to grow exponentially in this bioreactor and produce lipids at concentrations up to 30% by cell dry weight. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Supercritical CO2 Extraction Optimization of Onion Oil Using Response Surface Methodology

Response surface methodology was employed to optimize the conditions of supercritical CO₂ extraction of the oil from freeze‐dried onion powder. The effects of pressure, temperature and extraction time on the yield of oil were investigated. The maximum extraction yield of 4.69 ± 0.04 g/kg dry basis was achieved at a pressure of 20.6 MPa, a temperature of 40.6 °C, a time of 260 min, a CO₂ flow rate of 22 L h^–1, and an entrainer ratio of 0.1 mL absolute ethanol per gram dry basis. The chemical composition of the oil was analyzed by gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. The most representative compounds of the essential oil were organosulfur‐containing compounds and, among these, the main constituents were methyl 5‐methylfuryl sulfide (18.30 %), methyl 3,4‐dimethyl‐2‐thienyl disulfide (11.75 %) and 1‐propenyl propyl disulfide (9.72 %).     

通气量和CO2对Nannochloropsis sp.在光生物反应器中的生长和EPA合成的影响

实验考察了在气升式内环流光生物反应器中通气量、CO2含量等培养条件对Nannochloropsis sp.生长及EPA合成的影响. 结果表明,在气升式内环流光生物反应器中培养,Nannochloropsis sp.生长速率显著提高. 培养8 d,Nannochloropsis sp.生物量(干重)可达857 mg/L,是摇床培养的2倍. 在一定范围内,Nannochloropsis sp.的生长速率随通气量的增加而增加,在本实验条件下,通气量为500 mL/min时生长最快,而过高的通气量则对Nannochloropsis sp.的生长没有促进作用. 在通气中含1%(j) CO2时,可加快藻细胞的生长,最大生长速率可达不配加CO2时的1.8倍. 通气量和CO2对Nannochloropsis sp.细胞内总脂肪酸及EPA的积累有显著影响. 在通气量为400 mL/min及CO2含量为0.5%时,培养液中EPA产量最高,达到39.0 mg/L.     

超临界CO_2从小球藻中萃取EPA和DHA的工艺研究

研究采用超临界ＣＯ２从小球藻中萃取ＥＰＡ和ＤＨＡ的最优化工艺条件（Ａ２Ｂ１Ｃ３Ｄ３）,得最高萃取率ＥＰＡ为８９．７％、ＤＨＡ为８８．１％,该法比溶剂法优越,为开发和综合利用海藻资源开辟了新的途径     

碳酸锂碳化三相反应动力学研究

利用5 L的气液固三相机械搅拌反应器,研究了Li2CO3碳化三相反应动力学。对影响碳化过程的诸因素进行了深入的研究和探讨。结果表明,Li2CO3的碳化率随CO2压力、气流大小、搅拌速度的增大而增大;随反应温度、固体浓度、颗粒粒径、物料填充度的增大而减小。通过对实验数据的拟合得出实验范围内该过程的动力学方程;得出该过程受控于化学反应,并计算出了该过程的表观活化能-17.37 kJ/mol。该研究为Li2CO3碳化工艺条件的优化和反应器的设计等问题提供了基本理论依据。     

氨法吸收CO2的研究

在室温、气体流量为500 mL/min时,考察了不同氨水浓度、碳化度、滞留时间以及反应温度对氨水吸收脱除CO2效率和反应速度的影响。结果表明氨水浓度的增加,氨水吸收CO2的脱除率和反应速度都要增大;不同碳化度（R=0～200）的氨水对CO2吸收有较大影响,R越大CO2脱除率越小;滞留时间越长,CO2脱除率越高。     

用于天然气吸附强化制氢的CO2吸附剂吸附率影响因素

采用TGA热重分析仪考察了温度、CO2浓度、升温速率及分解温度等操作条件和粒径对吸附剂吸附率的影响。研究表明,不同粒径的最佳吸附温度不同,粒径60～80μm吸附剂最佳吸附温度为650℃,吸附率达到75%;粒径1～1.8mm吸附剂最佳吸附温度为700℃,吸附率为67%。研究表明:对粒径60～80μm和1～1.8 mm的两种吸附剂,在CO2浓度分别高于30%、20%的情况下,提高CO2浓度不能提高CO2的吸附率。升温速率和分解温度对吸附率都有一定的影响。     

乙烯产品中微量CO、CO2测定的探讨

本文将乙烯产品中微量的CO、CO2测定方法中的预切条件进行了改正,即将双柱预切改为单柱预切,并对色谱操作条件进行了优化。改正后的方法操作简单、基线稳定、无阀切换信号的干扰,且准确性高、重复性好,在工业分析上有很大的应用价值。     

利用凹凸棒改性石灰石增强CO2循环捕集效率

石灰石作为天然的CO2吸收剂,可有效的捕集烟气中的CO2,但随着循环反应次数的增加,石灰石颗粒表面会发生严重的烧结,使其酸化率迅速发生衰减.本文中利用自然界储量丰富的凹凸棒石对石灰石颗粒进行改性来减缓这一现象的发生,从而提高其CO2的循环捕集效率.凹凸棒石具有的天然纳米纤维状结构可有效的减少石灰石颗粒之间的相互接触,延缓石灰石的烧结团聚现象,从而提高其碳酸化率.实验结果表明:凹凸棒石原矿和提纯后的凹凸棒石均可作为添加剂提高石灰石对CO2的捕集效率,其中经过提纯处理后的凹凸棒石的改性效果最好;通过比较凹凸棒石改性前后的钙基吸收剂经过多次CO2捕集循环后的颗粒微观形貌的变化,可以发现经过凹凸棒石改性后的石灰石颗粒表面仍留有较多的孔道,使其抗烧结能力得到大幅的提高.     

超临界CO2萃取芹菜籽油工艺研究

以芹菜籽为原料,采用粉碎预处理后超临界CO2萃取的方法从蔓荆子中萃取芹菜籽油.考察了萃取时间、萃取温度及萃取压力对芹菜籽油收率的影响,并采用响应面法建立了芹菜籽油收率与萃取时间、萃取温度及萃取压力之间的关系,得到了最佳萃取工艺条件：萃取温度为30.4℃、萃取时间为80min,萃取压力20.02MPa,此时蔓荆子油的得率达到极值4.47％.该方法具有收率高、产品纯度高、污染小、节约能源的特点.     

尖晶石CoAl2O4光催化还原CO2的研究

采用无机盐溶胶-凝胶法制备了CoAl2O4纳米粉体,用紫外-可见分光光度计(UV-Vis)、X射线衍射光谱仪(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对其光电活性、晶体结构和形貌进行了表征。结果表明,所制备催化剂属尖晶石结构,颗粒呈近球形和不规则形状,粒子尺寸约4.39 nm,光吸收极限波长大于800 nm,计算得到禁带宽度Eg1.55 eV。在高压汞灯照射下,分别选用K2C2O4、NaHSO3和NaH2PO2为供电子试剂,进行了光催化还原CO2制取甲酸的研究。结果表明,在选用NaHSO3的情况下,CoAl2O4的催化效果最好,光照4 h,甲酸产量达到4004.16μmol/g-Cat。