Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris

Excessive pollutants (including nutrients) affect aquatic lives and environment in various ways. There are certain plants capable of removing pollutants from water. Phytoremediation is an alternate way to reduce nutrients from contaminated medium. Microalgae can be used for phytoremediation to reduc...

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Main Authors:	Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Amid , Azura, Karim , Imtinan A., Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	TA170 Environmental engineering
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/25890/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25890/1/Paper_Algae_0712064_Abdullah_Mamun_et_al.doc

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spelling	iium-258902013-01-04T06:33:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25890/ Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris Al-Mamun, Abdullah Amid , Azura Karim , Imtinan A. Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah TA170 Environmental engineering Excessive pollutants (including nutrients) affect aquatic lives and environment in various ways. There are certain plants capable of removing pollutants from water. Phytoremediation is an alternate way to reduce nutrients from contaminated medium. Microalgae can be used for phytoremediation to reduce the nutrient content in the wastewater due to their (algae’s) ability to assimilate nutrients into the cells. In this study, microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) was used to determine the removal efficiencies for pollutants, such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). The Chlorella vulgaris was cultured in the shake flasks that contained wastewater in the presence of artificial light. It gave the maximum biomass algal production (200 mg/L) within five days, whereas the maximum removal percentage of TN and TP were within 83.1% and 91.2%, respectively. The optimum detention period for the maximum phytoremediation is found to varie within 10 and 14 days. Based on the laboratory scale study under controlled environment, it can be concluded that Chlorella vulgaris has the potential to reduce nutrient content of wastewater. 2012-07-16 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25890/1/Paper_Algae_0712064_Abdullah_Mamun_et_al.doc Al-Mamun, Abdullah and Amid , Azura and Karim , Imtinan A. and Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah (2012) Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris. In: International Conference on Chemical Processes and Environmental Issues, ICCPEI 2012, 15 - 16 July 2012, Singapore.
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spellingShingle	TA170 Environmental engineering Al-Mamun, Abdullah Amid , Azura Karim , Imtinan A. Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
description	Excessive pollutants (including nutrients) affect aquatic lives and environment in various ways. There are certain plants capable of removing pollutants from water. Phytoremediation is an alternate way to reduce nutrients from contaminated medium. Microalgae can be used for phytoremediation to reduce the nutrient content in the wastewater due to their (algae’s) ability to assimilate nutrients into the cells. In this study, microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) was used to determine the removal efficiencies for pollutants, such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). The Chlorella vulgaris was cultured in the shake flasks that contained wastewater in the presence of artificial light. It gave the maximum biomass algal production (200 mg/L) within five days, whereas the maximum removal percentage of TN and TP were within 83.1% and 91.2%, respectively. The optimum detention period for the maximum phytoremediation is found to varie within 10 and 14 days. Based on the laboratory scale study under controlled environment, it can be concluded that Chlorella vulgaris has the potential to reduce nutrient content of wastewater.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Al-Mamun, Abdullah Amid , Azura Karim , Imtinan A. Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah
author_facet	Al-Mamun, Abdullah Amid , Azura Karim , Imtinan A. Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah
author_sort	Al-Mamun, Abdullah
title	Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
title_short	Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
title_full	Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
title_fullStr	Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
title_full_unstemmed	Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
title_sort	phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/25890/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25890/1/Paper_Algae_0712064_Abdullah_Mamun_et_al.doc
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