Photoautotrophic culture of microalgal strains in microdroplets with microfluidic micropillar arrays

Y. J. Sung, J. Y.H. Kim, J. W. Choi, S. J. Sim

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Abstract

Microalgae have great potential to production of high-value products, but commercial use of microalgae has been limited due to their low photosynthetic productivity. To overcome this limitation, it is necessary to develop an efficient platform for rapid evaluation of photoautotrophic growth of microalgal strains. Here we could monitor the growth kinetics of microalgal strains in an immobilized microdroplet by integrating micropillar arrays and confirmed a decrease of pH using colorimetric and fluorescence-based assays. The photoautotrophic growth kinetics of Chlorella vulgaris were investigated under different CO2 concentrations and light intensities. Finally, we compared growth performance of four microalgal strains.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages1585-1586
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9780979806490
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 2016 Oct 92016 Oct 13

Publication series

Name20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016

Other

Other20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period16/10/916/10/13

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants (2014M1A8A1049278) from Korea CCS R&D Center of the NRF funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning of Korea, the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants (Grant No. NRF-2013R1A2A1A01015644/2010-0027955), the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of in "Energy Efficiency and Resources Technology R&D" project Korea (20152010201900) and University-Institute Cooperation Program (2013).

Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Microalgae
  • Microdroplet
  • Photoautotrophic growth
  • Photobioreactor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering

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