Influence of variable carbon dioxide concentration on carbon dioxide removal by algae pond

• Main Authors: Magsino, Jose Ronald, Rellera, Randolf T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1992
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Water > Aeration; 3 Algae; Air pollution; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5729
• Institution: De La Salle University

A prototype laboratory scale algae pond was used in this study to determine the extent of carbon dioxide removal by the algae. Chlorella Pyrenoidosa was the algal strain employed in the study. The effect of varying the carbon dioxide concentration in the input air to the pond was taken into consideration. The extent of carbon dioxide fixation was based on the moles of carbon dioxide fixed per two hours. Monitoring of algal growth as well as temperature and pH were also considered in the study. Employment of a 5 percent carbon dioxide concentration in the carbon dioxide-air mixture gave a maximum growth measurement of 0.0639 per grams of algal dry weight per 8 ml of medium with a corresponding maximum carbon dioxide fixation of 0.1433 moles Co2 per two hours.