eprintid: 9937 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/99/37 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:36:35 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:36:35 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:30:11 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Rosli, S.-S. creators_name: Lim, J.-W. creators_name: Uemura, Y. creators_name: Lam, M.-K. creators_name: Isa, M.H. creators_name: Oh, W.-D. creators_name: Sakidin, H. title: PH optimization to promote attached growth of microalgae biomass onto polyurethane foam material ispublished: pub note: cited By 7; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Applied Science and Technology, ICAST 2018 ; Conference Date: 10 April 2018 Through 12 April 2018; Conference Code:140017 abstract: The need for energy resource has increased due to the exponential increase in human population and industrialization, following suit. The concern towards environmental problems has made people embrace renewable energy resources which are more environmentally friendly. Thus, microalgae biomass are introduced as the promising energy source to substitute the limited supply of fossil fuel. The attached growth microalgae cultivation mode is employed to ease the harvesting process. The pH of the microalgae culture medium packed with polyurethane foam was adjusted daily to pH 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the individual photobioreactor. In this study, pH 6 was selected to be the favorable culture condition for both suspended and attached growth of Chlorella vulgaris with dry weight biomass of 0.075 ± 0.006g and 0.258 ± 0.003g, respectively, accompanied by a high lipid content attained at 0.394 ± 0.007 g/g. The attached microalgae biomass ease the harvesting process as the polyurethane foam was simply removed from the culture medium during the stationary stage while the suspended microalgae were harvested using the gravitational method. © 2018 Author(s). date: 2018 publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc. official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054525971&doi=10.1063%2f1.5055525&partnerID=40&md5=eb6361d033423dbc1837106a11939060 id_number: 10.1063/1.5055525 full_text_status: none publication: AIP Conference Proceedings volume: 2016 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9780735417342 issn: 0094243X citation: Rosli, S.-S. and Lim, J.-W. and Uemura, Y. and Lam, M.-K. and Isa, M.H. and Oh, W.-D. and Sakidin, H. (2018) PH optimization to promote attached growth of microalgae biomass onto polyurethane foam material. In: UNSPECIFIED.