Separation of Chlorella biomass from culture medium by flocculation with rice starch

• Main Authors: Choy, Sook Yan, Prasad, Krishnamurthy Nagendra, Wu, Ta Yeong, Raghunandan, Mavinakere Eshwaraiah, Phang, Siew Moi, Juan, Joon Ching, Ramanan, Ramakrishnan Nagasundara
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22188/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2017.11.012

Coagulation-flocculation remains as one of the preferred methods for efficient harvesting of Chlorella sp. cells. Although the use of established aluminium salts is highly appraised for high harvesting efficiencies, excessive residual aluminium imparted on both the treated supernatant and harvested...