2019_EJRNL_PP_D_L_CHENG_1.pdf
Terbatas Lili Sawaludin Mulyadi
» ITB
Terbatas Lili Sawaludin Mulyadi
» ITB
Ever-increasing swine wastewater (SW) has become a serious environmental concern. High levels of nutrients
and toxic contaminants in SW significantly impact on the ecosystem and public health. On the other hand, swine
wastewater is considered as valuable water and nutrient source for microalgae cultivation. The potential for
converting the nutrients from SW into valuable biomass and then generating bioenergy from it has drawn increasing attention. For this reason, this review comprehensively discussed the biomass production, SW treatment
efficiencies, and bioenergy generation potentials through cultivating microalgae in SW. Microalgae species grow
well in SW with large amounts of biomass being produced, despite the impact of various parameters (e.g.,
nutrients and toxicants levels, cultivation conditions, and bacteria in SW). Pollutants in SW can effectively be
removed by harvesting microalgae from SW, and the harvested microalgae biomass elicits high potential for
conversion to valuable bioenergy.