Cultivation of Brackish Water Microalgae for Pig Manure Liquid Digestate Recycling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Microalage Culture
2.2. Collection and Preparation of Pig Manure Liquid Digestate
2.3. Water Quality Parameters
2.4. Digestate Application in Microalgae Cultivation
2.4.1. Four Algae Strains in the Same Digestate Medium
2.4.2. Four Algae Strains in Different Digestate Mediums
2.5. Field Application of Digestate-Cultivated Algae
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Four Algae Strains in the Same Digestate Medium
3.2. Chlorophyta Algae Cultivation in Eight Different Digestate Mediums
3.3. Chromista Algae Cultivation in 10 Different Digestate Mediums
3.4. Tetraselmis Algae Cultivation in 40 Different Digestate Mediums
3.5. Field Application of Digestate-Cultivated Algae
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chang, Y.-C.; Pan, Y.-J.; Huang, T.-H.; Hsiao, T.-H.; Wei, L.-Y.; Hsu, T.-H. Cultivation of Brackish Water Microalgae for Pig Manure Liquid Digestate Recycling. Sustainability 2023, 15, 16278. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316278
Chang Y-C, Pan Y-J, Huang T-H, Hsiao T-H, Wei L-Y, Hsu T-H. Cultivation of Brackish Water Microalgae for Pig Manure Liquid Digestate Recycling. Sustainability. 2023; 15(23):16278. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316278
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang, Yung-Cheng, Yen-Ju Pan, Tzu-Hsuan Huang, Ting-Hsun Hsiao, Liang-Yu Wei, and Te-Hua Hsu. 2023. "Cultivation of Brackish Water Microalgae for Pig Manure Liquid Digestate Recycling" Sustainability 15, no. 23: 16278. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316278