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Microalgal cultivation on digestate: Process efficiency and economics

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This study aims at evaluating the process efficiency of an outdoor pilot-scale microalgae-based wastewater treatment system. Experimental results from two monitoring campaigns were analysed, showing that the system removed on average 85.1 % and 36.2 % of the influent ammoniacal nitrogen and orthophosphate, respectively, with an associated algal productivity of 9.5 g TSS·m−2·d-1. Based on pilot-scale results, a comprehensive techno-economic assessment was performed, allowing to calculate a biomass production cost of 4.3 €·kg TSS-1 and a wastewater treatment cost of 2.7 €·m−3 (corresponding to a nitrogen removal cost of 12.5 €·kg N−1). These costs turned out to be comparable with conventional wastewater treatment processes, thus recognizing the potential of microalgae cultivation on wastewaters as feasible alternative to conventional energy-demanding bioremediation systems and to expensive algal cultivation processes. A sensitivity and scenario analysis indicated that, under the most optimistic condition (20 % increase in the productivity, and 20 % OPEX and CAPEX reduction), biomass production and nitrogen removal costs could be further reduced of approximately 44 %.
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hal-04398162 , version 1 (18-01-2024)

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Simone Rossi, Marco Mantovani, Francesca Marazzi, Micol Bellucci, Francesca Casagli, et al.. Microalgal cultivation on digestate: Process efficiency and economics. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, Volume 460 (141753), ⟨10.1016/j.cej.2023.141753⟩. ⟨hal-04398162⟩
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