Enhanced growth and hydrocarbon production of Botryococcus braunii KMITL 2 by optimum carbon dioxide concentration and concentration-dependent effects on its biochemical composition and biodiesel properties.

Bioresour Technol

Bioproducts Science Program, Department of Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand; Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resource, NRU-KU, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Published: November 2017

The purposes of this study were to find the optimum level of supplementing CO for increasing the biomass and hydrocarbon production of B. braunii KMITL 2 (A race) and to determine the effects of CO level on CO fixation and biodiesel properties. The experimental results showed that the alga supplemented with 10% CO produced the highest biomass (1.48±0.02gL) and CO fixation rate (100.43±1.42mgLd) that were 2.7 and 5.3 times higher than the control (0.04% CO). The gravimetric hydrocarbon content (36.82±3.39%) and hydrocarbon titer (0.35±0.03gL) of the alga supplemented with 5% CO were 1.6 and 2.7 times higher than the control. Cultivation of this strain under 5% CO gave the highest hydrocarbon yield and good biodiesel properties with the lowest iodine value and a higher CN value than the ASTM D6751 and EN 14214 fuel standards.

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