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The optimization of centrifugal pump driving horizontal tubular photobioreactor for enhancing astaxanthin production using heterotrophic Haematococcus pluvialis.

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Haematococcus pluvialis is the prime source of natural astaxanthin for commercial exploitation. The large-scale cultivation of H. pluvialis is one of the key technologies for the development of natural astaxanthin… Click to show full abstract

Haematococcus pluvialis is the prime source of natural astaxanthin for commercial exploitation. The large-scale cultivation of H. pluvialis is one of the key technologies for the development of natural astaxanthin industry. So far, horizontal tubular photobioreactor (HTPBR) circulated by a centrifugal pump has been the main PBR for the large-scale cultivation of H. pluvialis. Shear stress is a negative factor in microalgal cultivation at different scales, particularly for large-scale cultivation. To reduce the adverse impact of shear stress, the tolerance of H. pluvialis to the shear stress during the induction stage was first investigated in this study. H. pluvialis aplanospore was not sensitive to stresses between 19.18-27.32Pa, but was resulted in about 30% cell death under shear stress between 27.32 and 63.84Pa. Accordingly, two centrifugal pumps with different impellers was selected in 400L HTPBRs to study the outdoor photoinduction for astaxanthin accumulation. The highest astaxanthin productivity and astaxanthin concentration were obtained in HTPBRs using a centrifugal pump equipped with three unshrouded backward-bladed impellers. The HTPBR was then successfully scaled up to 800L with a similar performance, showing good scalability.

Keywords: centrifugal pump; tubular photobioreactor; pluvialis; horizontal tubular; haematococcus pluvialis

Journal Title: Journal of biotechnology
Year Published: 2021

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