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Experimental Investigation of Microcystis Aeruginosa Cyanobacteria Thickening to Obtain a Biomass for the Energy Production 115 Supply JOURNAL OF WATER AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ISSN 1429–7426, e-ISSN 2083-4535 Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Committee on Agronomic Sciences JOURNAL OF WATER AND LAND DEVELOPMENT Section of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering in Agriculture 2019, No. 43 (X–XII): 113–119 Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP) https://DOI.org/10.2478/jwld-2019-0069 Available (PDF): http://www.itp.edu.pl/wydawnictwo/journal; http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jwld; http://journals.pan.pl/jwld Received 28.02.2019 Reviewed 02.04.2019 Accepted 24.04.2019 Experimental investigation A – study design B – data collection of Microcystis aeruginosa cyanobacteria thickening C – statistical analysis D – data interpretation E – manuscript preparation to obtain a biomass for the energy production F – literature search Myroslav MALOVANYY1) ACDF , Volodymyr ZHUK2) CDEF, Volodymyr NYKYFOROV3) AD, Igor BORDUN4) BC, Iurii BALANDIUKH4) BDE, Galyna LESKIV5) EF 1) orcid.org/0000-0002-3868-1070; Lviv Polytechnic National University, Viacheslav Chornovil Institute of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management, S. Bandera str., 12, 79013, Lviv, Ukraine; e-mail: [email protected] 2) orcid.org/0000-0002-2275-0799; Lviv Polytechnic National University, Institute of Building and Environmental Engineering, Department of Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering, Lviv, Ukraine; e-mail: [email protected] 3) orcid.org/0000-0001-8917-2340; Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskiy National University, Kremenchuk, Ukraine; e-mail: [email protected] 4) Lviv Polytechnic National University, Viacheslav Chornovil Institute of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management, Lviv, Ukraine; e-mail: [email protected] 5) Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Department of Management, Lviv, Ukraine; e-mail: [email protected] For citation: Malovanyy M., Zhuk V., Nykyforov V., Bordun I., Balandiukh I., Leskiv G. 2019. Experimental investigation of Micro- cystis aeruginosa cyanobacteria thickening to obtain a biomass for the energy production. Journal of Water and Land De- velopment. No. 43 (X–XII) p. 113–119. DOI: 10.2478/jwld-2019-0069. Abstract The purpose of the presented research is to analyse possible methods of thickening of the Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing cyanobacteria using the obtained concentrate as a biomass for the production of energy carriers and bio- logically valuable substances. Method of cyanobacteria thickening under the action of electric current and in the electric field, as well as the method of coagulation–flocculation and gravity thickening, was experimentally investigated in lab- scale conditions. Electrical methods didn't show positive results for the Microcystis aeruginosa thickening, despite the re- ports of their potential efficiency in a number of previous studies. The high efficiency of the method of coagulation– flocculation and gravity thickening of Microcystis aeruginosa suspensions was obtained. The optimum concentrations of industrial polymeric coagulants and flocculants for the thickening of Microcystis aeruginosa suspensions were defined in the range of about 10 ppm for the coagulants and about 1 ppm for the flocculants. Negative effect of the previous cavita- tional treatment of the diluted suspensions of Microcystis aeruginosa on the effectiveness of the coagulation–flocculation and gravitational thickening was confirmed experimentally. Hydrodynamic cavitation should be recommended to use after the thickening as the next step of processing of concentrated suspensions of Microcystis aeruginosa to achieve maximum extraction of energy carriers and biologically valuable substances. Key words: coagulation–flocculation, cyanobacteria, electric field, energy carriers, gravity sedimentation, suspension, thickening INTRODUCTION atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. The methods of the monitoring of the hydrosphere pollution and innovative The results of unsustainable anthropogenic activities treatment technologies are still important topics of the sci- are the pollution of all components of the environment: entific research during the last decade. In particular, in © 2019. The Authors. Published by Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/3.0/). 114 M. MALOVANYY, V. ZHUK, V. NYKYFOROV, I. BORDUN, I. BALANDIUKH, G. LESKIV Ukraine the extensive study of sewage treatment using ion- The next stage of the treatment after the thickening of exchange technologies was carried out by GOMELYA et al. the cyanobacteria suspensions as usual is rigid action on [2016]; treatment using different types of cavitation pro- thickened biomass in order to destroy the algae cells. One cess was investigated by STARCHEVSKYY et al. [2017] and of the promising ways of cell membranes destroying, KOVAL et al. [2011]; using of reagent methods − by which increases the efficiency of extraction of energy GOMELYA et al. [2014]; using of electrical extraction − by sources and biologically valuable substances from cyano- GOMELYA et al. [2018]; monitoring of the hydrosphere bacteria, is ultrasonic cavitation [CHENG et al. 2014; pollution by the mine waste waters was studied by the GREENLY, TESTER 2015]. The results indicate that the ef- PAVLICHENKO and KROIK [2013] and KULIKOVA, PAVLY- fectiveness of cavitation treatment depends mainly on the CHENKO [2016]; analysis of the environmental hazards type of algae and the strength of their cell membranes. The from the uncontrolled growth of blue-green algae and sug- effectiveness of cavitation destruction of algae cells in- gestions for the minimization of resulting risks are investi- creases rapidly at the beginning of treatment (in the first gated by MALOVANYY et al. [2016], etc. 20−30 s), after which the process is much slower. The pos- New results of experimental studies of the blue-green sible explanation for this effect is the extinction of ultra- algae thickening for the subsequent use of thickened bio- sonic energy in the cloud of cavitational bubbles, which is mass for the production of renewable energy carriers are formed during the processing [GREENLY, TESTER 2015]. If presented in this work. Thickening was realized using two the concentration of cells in the suspension increases, the different methods: coagulation-flocculation process and the effectiveness of the cavitational treatment is somewhat action of electric field or electric current. diminished, but the cost-correlation ratio for the high- The production of biofuels using algae as raw material concentrated suspensions seems to be more economically is a promising way of obtaining the renewable energy feasible. For example, ultrasound treatment of Isochrysis sources that is the basis of sustainable development. Natu- galbana Parke suspension with a mass concentration of ral algae suspensions usually have a low organic content − cells of 5000 ppm using the ultrasound with the frequency 3 –3 from 0.5 g up to 4.0 g of dry matter per 1 dm [CHATSUN- of 20 kHz, energy density 2.5 W∙cm and processing time GNOEN, CHISTI 2016]. For the efficient processing, these of 25 s resulted in 86.1% cell destruction, whereas for suspensions need to be thickened. a concentration of 30000 ppm and t = 45 s − 88.9%, and Basic methods of algae suspensions thickening are as for concentration of 75000 ppm and t = 40 s − 73.6% follows: sedimentation, filtration and microfiltration, cen- [GREENLY, TESTER 2015]. The cavitational treatment of trifugal dewatering, flotation, electrocoagulation, direct the cyanobacteria suspensions can be effective also for osmosis, and others. The feature of the cyanobacteria sus- selective impacts on the biomass. For example, an effec- pensions is that the specific mass of the cells almost the tive selective action of the cavitational treatment of cyano- same as the specific mass of water. This fact virtually elim- bacteria to remove the spinal cord from the suspension is inates the non-reagent sedimentation, as well as signifi- demonstrated [KIM et al. 2017]. cantly decreases the efficiency of centrifugation. Thus, the thickening of cyanobacteria suspensions, In the patent of TOPACHEVSKYI et al. [1969] a method mechanically gathered in natural or artificial conditions, is of thickening of the blue-green algae water suspensions, a necessary initial stage of their treatment. Analysis of the using the electric current was invented. The high efficiency results of studies on the algae suspensions thickening indi- of the proposed method for the algae thickening and har- cates that one of the most effective modes of thickening vesting on the anode was obtained by the authors. This remains the gravitational sedimentation after the coagula- method of algae thickening was tested in the study. tion–flocculation pretreatment. A large variety of the char- The method of coagulation and flocculation deposition acteristics of cyanobacteria species and a wide range of is a simple and sufficiently effective method for thickening physicochemical parameters of suspensions make it neces- of low-concentrated suspensions in natural waters [GERCH- sary to select reagents for a particular algae species and MAN et al. 2017; GRIMA et al. 2003; MALCZEWSKA 2016; even for the initial content of organic matter in the suspen- MALCZEWSKA, BICZYŃSKI 2017; VANDAMME et al. 2013]. sion. Important parameters of the thickening process are
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