Lorenzo Craveri
Membrane filtration of the cultivation suspension of Scenedesmus o. microalgae: potential and challenges of permeate reuse.
Rel. Alberto Tiraferri. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Environmental And Land Engineering, 2022
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In the last couple of decades, interest towards the cultivation and usage of microalgae has grown, thanks to their possible application in the food and the cosmetics industries, in wastewater treatment, in biofuel production, and for CO2 fixation. However, despite their great range of applications and their advantages (like a limited footprint), microalgae cultivation at industrial level is held back by some factors, such as the large water volume required for the biomass growth and the relatively high costs that characterize the process of harvesting and dewatering. The aim of this study is to investigate the dewatering of Scenedesmus Obliquus through 0.14 µm ceramic membrane filtration, analyzing the regulating factors and the possibility of using the obtained permeate as a medium for the growth of a new culture.
Filtration tests were carried out to investigate the possible influence that two factors, such as feed biomass quality and hydrodynamic parameters, can have on the filtration process
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