title: Biodiesel production in crude oil contaminated environment using Chlorella vulgaris.
abstract: Biodiesel is a valuable alternative to fossil fuels and many countries choose biodiesel as an unconventional energy source. A large number of investigations have been done on microalgae as a source of oil production. In recent years, wastewater pollutions have caused many ecological problems, and therefore, wastewater phycoremediation has attracted the international attention. This paper studied the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in a crude oil polluted environment for biodiesel production. Intended concentrations were 10 and 20gperliter (crude oil/water) at two times. The results showed that the growth of C. vulgaris was improved in wastewater and the maximum amount of dry mass and oil was produced at the highest concentration of crude oil (0.41g and 0.15g/l, respectively). In addition, dry mass and oil yield of the microalga were significantly enhanced by increasing the experiment duration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: aadelxaaldikalhor@outlook.com.
authors.forename: Aadel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xaaldi Kalhor
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Adel Dabbagh
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mohammadi Nassab
authors.affiliation: Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Persian Gulf Center, Boushehr, Iran.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abedi
authors.affiliation: Sepanir Oil and Gas Energy Eng. Co., Tesko Phase CO., Asaluyeh, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahrami
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Movafeghi
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D048408:Chlorella vulgaris / Q000254:growth & development; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D058086:Microalgae / Q000254:growth & development; D010578:Petroleum / Q000382:microbiology*; D059392:Petroleum Pollution; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D010578:Petroleum; D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Algal phytoremediation; Biodiesel; Chlorella vulgaris; Crude oil