Cultivo da microalga Chlorella vulgaris em efluentes aquícolas e sua influência na concentração lipídica

Abstract

Microalgae can be used as feedstock for producing biofuels on a large scale, due to the ease of cultivation, strong growth rate, high content of fatty acids and higher productivity than other oils, making it an excellent alternative to fossil fuels. The study evaluated the use of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris in phytoremediation of aquaculture effluents and lipid evaluation. The microalgae was obtained in the algae bank Federal University of Ceará. Were three treatments with six replicates, using as culture medium Guillard f / 2 and effluents of shrimp and fish farming. Cultivation was batch containers of 12 L and was observed daily by spectrophotometry at 680 nm, and determining the concentration of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphorus performed at the beginning, middle and end of crops. The separation of the cells from culture medium was performed by chemical flocculation using NaOH 2N. After washing, the biomass was dried in an oven with renovation of air at 60 °C for 24 hours and then quantified. Trea tment with effluent was, as biomass production, significantly higher than the others, showing an average weight of 0.91 ± 0.05 g L-1 . The effluent removed satisfactorily nitrogen compounds with a 76% removal of these compounds. The cultivation performed with tilapia effluent showed better lipid productivity with 0.025 ± 0.002 g L -1 day -1. The microalga C. vulgaris can be used for phytoremediation of aquaculture effluent, biomass and lipids.