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A Study of the Processes of the Cultivation and Useful Products Accumulation by the Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris in a Photobioreactor with a Fiber-Optic Lighting System

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The microalgae Chlorella vulgaris is cultivated in a thin-layer tubular photobioreactor with a unique design illuminated by a side-glow optical fiber. As a result of applying a method of intensive prototyping, the optimal design of the photobioreactor is found, and the maximum growth rate of 32 mg/L/day is achieved (against 8 mg/L/day in the case of control cultivation in a luminostat). The total protein content in the biomass obtained from the unit is 21 ± 6%, which is slightly lower when compared to the control (26 ± 6%); however, the revealed differences are not statistically significant. In addition, the levels of saturated palmitic (C16:0) and unsaturated linoleic (C18:2) and α-linolenic (C18:3α) fatty acids are increased in the biomass samples from the photobioreactor in comparison with the control cultivation. Thus, the potential of using a photobioreactor with the developed design for obtaining a nutrient biomass of the microalgae C. vulgaris for the life-support systems of crewed spacecraft is shown.

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The studies have been performed within the framework of works on thematic plan 1.10. “Development of Scientific and Technical Grounds for the Creation of Autonomous Life-Support Systems for Use under Conditions of the Far North, Arctic, and Space” of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”.

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  1. Moscow Polytechnic University, 107023, Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Ovchinnikova

  2. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    D. V. Sukhinov, A. O. Romanov, V. M. Pozhidaev & P. M. Gotovtsev

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Moscow oblast, 141700, Dolgoprudny, Russia

    A. O. Romanov & P. M. Gotovtsev

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Ovchinnikova, A.M., Sukhinov, D.V., Romanov, A.O. et al. A Study of the Processes of the Cultivation and Useful Products Accumulation by the Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris in a Photobioreactor with a Fiber-Optic Lighting System. Nanotechnol Russia 18, 98–104 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2635167623010081

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