eprintid: 8762 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/87/62 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:20:41 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:20:41 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:13:28 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Lam, M.K. creators_name: Yusoff, M.I. creators_name: Uemura, Y. creators_name: Lim, J.W. creators_name: Khoo, C.G. creators_name: Lee, K.T. creators_name: Ong, H.C. title: Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris using nutrients source from domestic wastewater for biodiesel production: Growth condition and kinetic studies ispublished: pub keywords: Algae; Biodiesel; Fatty acids; Growth kinetics; Kinetic theory; Kinetics; Microorganisms; Reaction kinetics, Biodiesel production; Chlorella vulgaris; Domestic wastewater; Essential minerals; Fatty acid methyl ester; High lipid contents; Micro-algae; Sustainable solution, Nutrients, Chlorella vulgaris note: cited By 113 abstract: Owning to the presence of essential mineral nutrient content in wastewater, cultivation of microalgae using wastewater sources provides an alternative and sustainable solution for biodiesel production. Hence, the potential of using domestic wastewater as nutrient source to cultivate Chlorella vulgaris was presently studied. It was found that the microalgae was favoured to grow in domestic wastewater under the conditions of 0.02 v/v of wastewater, initial pH of 3, and 0.03 v/v of initial amount of microalgae seed with 24 h of continuous illumination. Under these conditions, a high lipid content of 32.7 was embedded within the microalgae biomass. From the analysis of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile, the extracted microalgae lipid was suitable for biodiesel production. The existing growth kinetic models were able to predict the growth of Chlorella vulgaris using the domestic wastewater as nutrients source. The fair model fitting was however limited to contaminant-free conditions, where the growth decays of the microalgae was negligible. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd date: 2017 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84997234981&doi=10.1016%2fj.renene.2016.11.032&partnerID=40&md5=180cad532d6071b919a368497330230a id_number: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.11.032 full_text_status: none publication: Renewable Energy volume: 103 pagerange: 197-207 refereed: TRUE issn: 09601481 citation: Lam, M.K. and Yusoff, M.I. and Uemura, Y. and Lim, J.W. and Khoo, C.G. and Lee, K.T. and Ong, H.C. (2017) Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris using nutrients source from domestic wastewater for biodiesel production: Growth condition and kinetic studies. Renewable Energy, 103. pp. 197-207. ISSN 09601481