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Cultivation of Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa in Municipal Wastewater Using Monochromatic and White LED as Light Sources

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In this study, the red LED with wavelength range of 625 ~ 627.5 nm and the blue LED with wavelength range of 464 ~ 467 nm are chosen as the light source in order to increase the lipid content of microalgae as well as to reduce the energy consumption. The highest lipid weight of Scenedesmus obliquus is achievedwith 5000lux light intensity, 12L:12D of photoperiod and blue continuous LED light which consuming 53.4 times less energy in term of the total lipid content per unit than that of tricolor energy-saving lamp. In addition, the highest biomass and lipid weight of Chlorella pyrenoidosa are achieved with 5000lux of light intensity, 8L:16D of photoperiod and red continuous LED light, which is 0.73 g/L and 0.552 g/L respectively. And it consumes 29.4 times less energy consumption for units of the total lipid content than that of tricolor energy-saving lamp. Furthermore, continuous LED light improves effect of municipal wastewater treatment as the better light source for Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa comparing with intermittent LED light.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51878215), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2018A030313185), Key Areas Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province, China (2019B110205001), Demonstration Project for Marine Economic Development in Shenzhen to Dr. Zhangli HU, China's State Oceanic Administration, and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Project (KJYY20171011144235970).

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    Zhongqi He, Wei Han, Wenbiao Jin, Jing Yang, Shuhong Gao, Renjie Tu, Songfang Han, Yidi Chen & Xu Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Zhongqi He, Wenbiao Jin, Shuhong Gao, Shao-feng Li, Yidi Chen & Xu Zhou

  3. Educational Science Research Institute of Futian, Shenzhen, 518000, China

    Renjie Tu

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He, Z., Han, W., Jin, W. et al. Cultivation of Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa in Municipal Wastewater Using Monochromatic and White LED as Light Sources. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 4873–4883 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01359-4

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