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Magnetophoretic Harvesting of Nannochloropsis oculata Using Iron Oxide Immobilized Beads
In this work, the harvesting of Nannochloropsis oculata microalgae through the use of nanosized Fe3O4 immobilized in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/sodium alginate (SA) as a flocculant (Fe3O4/PS) is investigated. Using the Fe3O4/PS immobilized beads could reduce the amount of soluble ferrous ions (Fe2+) released from naked Fe3O4 in acid treatment, leading to easy recovery. The characterization was performed under different dosages and pH values of Fe3O4/PS. The results show that the Fe3O4/PS, when applied to the algae culture (500 mg dry cell weight/L), achieves a 96% harvesting efficiency under conditions of a pH of 4 with 200 mT magnetic field intensity. Fe3O4/PS can be directly reused without adjusting the pH value. The recycled Fe3O4/PS shows stability in terms of its surface properties, maintaining more than 80% harvesting efficiency after five recycles. Magnetophoretic harvesting, using immobilized magnetic iron oxide as a particle-based flocculant, is a potential method to reduce challenges related to the cost-effective microalgae-harvesting method.
Magnetophoretic Harvesting of Nannochloropsis oculata Using Iron Oxide Immobilized Beads
In this work, the harvesting of Nannochloropsis oculata microalgae through the use of nanosized Fe3O4 immobilized in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/sodium alginate (SA) as a flocculant (Fe3O4/PS) is investigated. Using the Fe3O4/PS immobilized beads could reduce the amount of soluble ferrous ions (Fe2+) released from naked Fe3O4 in acid treatment, leading to easy recovery. The characterization was performed under different dosages and pH values of Fe3O4/PS. The results show that the Fe3O4/PS, when applied to the algae culture (500 mg dry cell weight/L), achieves a 96% harvesting efficiency under conditions of a pH of 4 with 200 mT magnetic field intensity. Fe3O4/PS can be directly reused without adjusting the pH value. The recycled Fe3O4/PS shows stability in terms of its surface properties, maintaining more than 80% harvesting efficiency after five recycles. Magnetophoretic harvesting, using immobilized magnetic iron oxide as a particle-based flocculant, is a potential method to reduce challenges related to the cost-effective microalgae-harvesting method.
Magnetophoretic Harvesting of Nannochloropsis oculata Using Iron Oxide Immobilized Beads
Feng-Jen Chu (author) / Terng-Jou Wan (author) / His Chen (author) / Chih-Hung Wu (author) / Po-Min Kao (author)
2020
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