Cultivo e secagem da microalga Chlorella sp. em diferentes concentrações de nutrientes.

Abstract

Microalgae produce high amounts of the compounds, mainly lipids and sugars. When these are subjected to nutrient variations can greatly increase the concentration of these compounds, which are used for food production, biofuel, cosmetic and pharmaceutical components. This research aimed to carry out the cultivation of icroalgae Chlorella sp.,Open photobioreactor field with different concentrations of nutrients in six different treatments (TC, T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5), dry biomasses of different treatments and character- them as to the physical, chemical and physical-chemical parameters, but also build their moisture adsorption isotherms at 25 ° C. The strain used in this study was isolated from the Conception dam, located in Tamanduá Farm, Santa Teresinha, PB, and the medium was medium MC. (Medium Chlorella ellipsodea). The microalgae features for 16 days of culture were evaluated with respect to cell growth (wet weight, dry weight), lipid content and total sugars. According to the results it was found that the higher biomass Chlorella sp. in terms of dry weight was achieved in the TC treatment, T1, T2 and T5 on the 10th day of culture and treatments with the reduction in the concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and iron was increased lipid synthesis; for treatments T3 and T4 the highest dry weight was achieved in the 12th and 16th day of cultivation, respectively. The reduction in the concentrations of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and iron did not favor increased production of minerals, proteins, chlorophyll and pheophytin. The models of GAB, Oswin Peleg and can be used to estimate the moisture adsorption isotherms at 25 ° C, the Chlorella sp. dry all treatments and were classified as Type II(CT, T1 and T5) and type III (T2, T3 and T4). From the results it was found that the production of biomass Chlorella sp. It has great potential forindustrial application for the production of lipids and carbohydrates with lower NPK and ironconcentrations, which are the largest cost component in the production of biomass for applications in the areas of food and energy.