Outdoor Inclined Plastic Column Photobioreactor: Growth, and Biochemicals Response of Arthrospira platensis Culture on Daily Solar Irradiance in a Tropical Place

Tjandra Chrismadha, Awalina Satya, Ika Atman Satya, Rosidah Rosidah, Azalea Dyah Maysarah Satya, Ratih Pangestuti, Ardiyan Harimawan, Tjandra Setiadi, Kit Wayne Chew, Pau Loke Show

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Abstract

Implementation of outdoor photobioreactors has been challenged by an extremely oversaturated daily peak of solar irradiance. This study aims to understand the role of column size and paranet shading as well as to investigate the most convenient light control in outdoor cyanobacterial culture. The photobioreactor (PBR) consisted of plastic columns with a diameter of 12.74 cm (PBRd-20) and 31.85 cm (PBRd-50) laid outdoors and inclined at 158.22° upwards against solar radiation, while paranet shading was provided at 0%, 50%, 70%, and 90% shading capacity. A semi-continuous culture of cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis was conducted for 6 weeks with weekly monitoring of the growth parameter as well as the proximate and pigments content, while the daily irradiance and culture maximum temperature were recorded. The result shows that the column diameter of 12.74 cm had a lethal risk of 44.7% and this decreased to 10.5% by widening the column diameter to 31.85 cm. This lethal risk can be eliminated by the application of a paranet at a 50% reduction level for the column diameter of 31.85 cm and a 70% reduction level for the column diameter of 12.74 cm. The highest culture productivity of 149.03 mg/(L·day) was achieved with a PBRd-20 with 50% shading treatment, but a PBRd-50 with 90% shading treatment led to an increase in the protein and phycocyanin content by 66.7% and 14.91%, respectively.

Original languageBritish English
Article number1199
JournalMetabolites
Volume12
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2022

Keywords

  • Arthrospira platensis
  • cyanobacterium
  • irradiance
  • outdoor culture
  • phycocyanin
  • plastic column photobioreactors
  • tropical areas

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