Article Sidebar
Published:
Jul 20, 2013Keywords:
Article Details
Copyright belongs to the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
The contents of the articles are the sole opinion of the author(s) and not of NIJOTECH.
NIJOTECH allows open access for distribution of the published articles in any media so long as whole (not part) of articles are distributed.
A copyright and statement of originality documents will need to be filled out clearly and signed prior to publication of an accepted article. The Copyright form can be downloaded from https://www.nijotech.com/downloads/COPYRIGHT%20FORM.pdf while the Statement of Originality is in Statement of Originality.pdf (nijotech.com)
For articles that were developed from funded research, a clear acknowledgement of such support should be mentioned in the article with relevant references. Authors are expected to provide complete information on the sponsorship and intellectual property rights of the article together with all exceptions.
It is forbidden to publish the same research report in more than one journal.
Main Article Content
Integrated Vertical Photobioreactor System for Carbon Dioxide Removal Using Phototrophic Microalgae
Abstract
A vertical photobioreactor containing the microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus is a highly efficient system for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass. The use of photobioreactor for CO2 mitigation has been explored using microalgae as photosynthetic microorganism. The growth rate (m, h-1) were 0.03; 0.13; 0.20; 0.09 at treatment of 0%, 2%, 5% and 7% pure CO2 supplied, respectively during 16 days experiment. The maximum dried biomass (gr ml-1) was 1.7 at 2% pure CO2. The highest CO2 removal effiency (%) was 34 at 2% pure CO2 supply. The results showed that the photobioreactor gave a high efficiency of CO2 removal by phototrophic microalgae culture.
