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Simulation and Economic Analysis of the Biotechnological Potential of Biomass Production from a Microalgal Consortium

The biomass of microalgae and the compounds that can be obtained from their processing are of great interest for various economic sectors. Chlorophyll from green microalgae has biotechnological applications of great potential in different industrial areas such as food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals,...

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Autores principales: Cabrera-Capetillo, Christian Ariel, Castillo-Baltazar, Omar Surisadai, Petriz-Prieto, Moisés Abraham, Guzmán-López, Adriana, Valdovinos-García, Esveidi Montserrat, Bravo-Sánchez, Micael Gerardo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37367646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21060321
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author Cabrera-Capetillo, Christian Ariel
Castillo-Baltazar, Omar Surisadai
Petriz-Prieto, Moisés Abraham
Guzmán-López, Adriana
Valdovinos-García, Esveidi Montserrat
Bravo-Sánchez, Micael Gerardo
author_facet Cabrera-Capetillo, Christian Ariel
Castillo-Baltazar, Omar Surisadai
Petriz-Prieto, Moisés Abraham
Guzmán-López, Adriana
Valdovinos-García, Esveidi Montserrat
Bravo-Sánchez, Micael Gerardo
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description The biomass of microalgae and the compounds that can be obtained from their processing are of great interest for various economic sectors. Chlorophyll from green microalgae has biotechnological applications of great potential in different industrial areas such as food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and agriculture. In this paper, the experimental, technical and economic performance of biomass production from a microalgal consortium (Scenedesmus sp., Chlorella sp., Schroderia sp., Spirulina sp., Pediastrum sp., and Chlamydomonas sp.) was investigated in three cultivation systems (phototrophic, heterotrophic and mixotrophic) in combination with the extraction of chlorophyll (a and b) on a large scale using simulation; 1 ha was established as the area for cultivation. In the laboratory-scale experimental stage, biomass and chlorophyll concentrations were determined for 12 days. In the simulation stage, two retention times in the photobioreactor were considered, which generated six case studies for the culture stage. Subsequently, a simulation proposal for the chlorophyll extraction process was evaluated. The highest microalgae biomass concentration was 2.06 g/L in heterotrophic culture, followed by mixotrophic (1.98 g/L). Phototrophic and mixotrophic cultures showed the highest chlorophyll concentrations of 20.5 µg/mL and 13.5 µg/mL, respectively. The simulation shows that higher biomass and chlorophyll production is attained when using the mixotrophic culture with 72 h of retention that we considered to evaluate chlorophyll production (a and b). The operating cost of the entire process is very high; the cultivation stage has the highest operating cost (78%), mainly due to the high energy consumption of the photobioreactors.
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spelling pubmed-103015232023-06-29 Simulation and Economic Analysis of the Biotechnological Potential of Biomass Production from a Microalgal Consortium Cabrera-Capetillo, Christian Ariel Castillo-Baltazar, Omar Surisadai Petriz-Prieto, Moisés Abraham Guzmán-López, Adriana Valdovinos-García, Esveidi Montserrat Bravo-Sánchez, Micael Gerardo Mar Drugs Article The biomass of microalgae and the compounds that can be obtained from their processing are of great interest for various economic sectors. Chlorophyll from green microalgae has biotechnological applications of great potential in different industrial areas such as food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and agriculture. In this paper, the experimental, technical and economic performance of biomass production from a microalgal consortium (Scenedesmus sp., Chlorella sp., Schroderia sp., Spirulina sp., Pediastrum sp., and Chlamydomonas sp.) was investigated in three cultivation systems (phototrophic, heterotrophic and mixotrophic) in combination with the extraction of chlorophyll (a and b) on a large scale using simulation; 1 ha was established as the area for cultivation. In the laboratory-scale experimental stage, biomass and chlorophyll concentrations were determined for 12 days. In the simulation stage, two retention times in the photobioreactor were considered, which generated six case studies for the culture stage. Subsequently, a simulation proposal for the chlorophyll extraction process was evaluated. The highest microalgae biomass concentration was 2.06 g/L in heterotrophic culture, followed by mixotrophic (1.98 g/L). Phototrophic and mixotrophic cultures showed the highest chlorophyll concentrations of 20.5 µg/mL and 13.5 µg/mL, respectively. The simulation shows that higher biomass and chlorophyll production is attained when using the mixotrophic culture with 72 h of retention that we considered to evaluate chlorophyll production (a and b). The operating cost of the entire process is very high; the cultivation stage has the highest operating cost (78%), mainly due to the high energy consumption of the photobioreactors. MDPI 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10301523/ /pubmed/37367646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21060321 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Castillo-Baltazar, Omar Surisadai
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Guzmán-López, Adriana
Valdovinos-García, Esveidi Montserrat
Bravo-Sánchez, Micael Gerardo
Simulation and Economic Analysis of the Biotechnological Potential of Biomass Production from a Microalgal Consortium
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title_fullStr Simulation and Economic Analysis of the Biotechnological Potential of Biomass Production from a Microalgal Consortium
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title_short Simulation and Economic Analysis of the Biotechnological Potential of Biomass Production from a Microalgal Consortium
title_sort simulation and economic analysis of the biotechnological potential of biomass production from a microalgal consortium
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37367646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21060321
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