Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra

Light is the core environmental factor that affects the growth and biomass production of microalgae. However, the high density of microalgae will lead to reduction of the growth rate of microalgae culture due to availability of light decreases. Therefore, this experiment was conducted with aim of de...

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Main Authors: Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan, Bhat, Obaid Ahmad, Govindan, Natanamurugaraj, Rahim, M. H. A., Maniam, Gaanty Pragas
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Published: School of Renewable Energy, Maejo University 2023
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37975/1/9.%20Impact%20of%20biomass%20density%20on%20growth%20rates%20of%20Spirulina%20platensis%20under%20different%20light%20spectra.pdf
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author Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan
Bhat, Obaid Ahmad
Govindan, Natanamurugaraj
Rahim, M. H. A.
Maniam, Gaanty Pragas
author_facet Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan
Bhat, Obaid Ahmad
Govindan, Natanamurugaraj
Rahim, M. H. A.
Maniam, Gaanty Pragas
author_sort Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan
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description Light is the core environmental factor that affects the growth and biomass production of microalgae. However, the high density of microalgae will lead to reduction of the growth rate of microalgae culture due to availability of light decreases. Therefore, this experiment was conducted with aim of determining the influence of biomass density on growth of Spirulina platensis under different density of culture and LED lights. The result found that, the growth rate Spirulina platensis was reduced under high biomass density (9:1) due to lacking light penetration into the culture. However, white LED helps maintain the light acclimation process in the cells. Light spectra enhance the growth biomass. However white light contains all the light spectra highly contribute to the biomass production. The maximum light was penetrated into the culture due to minimal density of culture. More light was observed by the cells. Photosynthetic microalage may frequently experience irradiance fluctuations of one to two orders of magnitude in the natural environment. Microalgae have created several acclimation mechanisms to deal with such shifts.
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spelling ump-379752023-07-10T06:36:33Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37975/ Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan Bhat, Obaid Ahmad Govindan, Natanamurugaraj Rahim, M. H. A. Maniam, Gaanty Pragas S Agriculture (General) TP Chemical technology Light is the core environmental factor that affects the growth and biomass production of microalgae. However, the high density of microalgae will lead to reduction of the growth rate of microalgae culture due to availability of light decreases. Therefore, this experiment was conducted with aim of determining the influence of biomass density on growth of Spirulina platensis under different density of culture and LED lights. The result found that, the growth rate Spirulina platensis was reduced under high biomass density (9:1) due to lacking light penetration into the culture. However, white LED helps maintain the light acclimation process in the cells. Light spectra enhance the growth biomass. However white light contains all the light spectra highly contribute to the biomass production. The maximum light was penetrated into the culture due to minimal density of culture. More light was observed by the cells. Photosynthetic microalage may frequently experience irradiance fluctuations of one to two orders of magnitude in the natural environment. Microalgae have created several acclimation mechanisms to deal with such shifts. School of Renewable Energy, Maejo University 2023-01-20 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37975/1/9.%20Impact%20of%20biomass%20density%20on%20growth%20rates%20of%20Spirulina%20platensis%20under%20different%20light%20spectra.pdf Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan and Bhat, Obaid Ahmad and Govindan, Natanamurugaraj and Rahim, M. H. A. and Maniam, Gaanty Pragas (2023) Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra. Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication, 5 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2673-0537. (Published) https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v5i1.248275 https://doi.org/10.54279/mijeec.v5i1.248275
spellingShingle S Agriculture (General)
TP Chemical technology
Palanisamy, Karthick Murugan
Bhat, Obaid Ahmad
Govindan, Natanamurugaraj
Rahim, M. H. A.
Maniam, Gaanty Pragas
Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
title Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
title_full Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
title_fullStr Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
title_full_unstemmed Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
title_short Impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
title_sort impact of biomass density on growth rates of spirulina platensis under distinct light spectra
topic S Agriculture (General)
TP Chemical technology
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