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Cultivating Microalgae in Wastewaters for Biofuel and Fertilizer Production

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Production of alternative fuels from microalgae is a promising trend, as it does not require significant land areas. However, modern technologies of cultivation and production do not allow making this process cost-effective. At the same time, known methods of removing biogenic elements from wastewater are not always environmentally safe. The urgent task is to find new methods and technologies. The aim of the study is to demonstrate the possible economic efficiency and environmental safety of the combination of wastewater treatment from nitrogen and phosphorus compounds with the simultaneous cultivation of microalgae for the production of biofuels and biofertilizers. The object of research is the processes of cultivation of mycoalgae, as well as the production of biofuels and biofertilizers. The subject of the research is the economic efficiency and environmental safety of these processes. It is shown that the combination of purification processes with production can not only achieve economic efficiency but also reduce the factor of atmospheric pollution by carbon dioxide by 5.36%, as well as factors of pollution of the hydrosphere: phosphates by 89.5%, ammonium nitrogen by 94.4%, and nitrates by 70.7%.

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Abbreviations

CO2:

carbon dioxide

PBR:

photobioreactor

CH4:

methane

KOH:

potassium hydroxide

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  1. Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine

    S. Shamanskyi, S. Boichenko, I. Nezbrytska & L. Pavliukh

  2. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

    S. Shamanskyi, S. Boichenko, I. Nezbrytska & L. Pavliukh

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  1. Institute of Energy Safety and Energy Management, Research (experimental) Interactive Laboratory for Diagnosing Operational Materials in Energy and Transport, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Insitute” Scientific-Technical Union of Chemmotologists, Kyiv, Ukraine

    Sergii Boichenko

  2. Ukrainian Science Research and Educational Center of Chemmotology and Certification of Fuel, Lubricants, and Technical Liquids, Scientific-Technical Union of Chemmotologists, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine

    Anna Yakovlieva

  3. Institute of Aviation, Warsaw, Poland, Center of Ecological Problems of Airports, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Shamanskyi, S., Boichenko, S., Nezbrytska, I., Pavliukh, L. (2022). Cultivating Microalgae in Wastewaters for Biofuel and Fertilizer Production. In: Boichenko, S., Yakovlieva, A., Zaporozhets, O., Karakoc, T.H., Shkilniuk, I. (eds) Chemmotological Aspects of Sustainable Development of Transport . Sustainable Aviation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06577-4_5

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