Cultivation of algal biofilm using different lignocellulosic materials as carriers

Table 1 Ultimate analysis of the tested lignocellulosic materials before and after algal biofilm cultivation process (mean ± SD)

Materials	C^a (wt%)	H^a (wt%)	O^a (wt%)	N^a (wt%)	S^a (wt%)
PW	47.94 ± 0.01	6.24 ± 0.04	45.56	0.15 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02
PW-16	48.63 ± 0.05	6.35 ± 0.01	44.72	0.21 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01
OW	50.10 ± 0.05	6.61 ± 0.05	42.38	0.24 ± 0.01	0.68 ± 0.02
OW-16	50.62 ± 0.03	6.72 ± 0.01	41.59	0.45 ± 0.03	0.62 ± 0.01
SB	44.34 ± 0.11	5.97 ± 0.01	49.18	0.43 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01
SB-16	44.55 ± 0.01	6.09 ± 0.01	48.33	0.95 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01
SB-20	44.50 ± 0.04	6.12 ± 0.01	48.08	1.22 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.02
RH	55.19 ± 0.05	6.40 ± 0.04	38.40	0.01 ± 0.00	0
RH-16	55.69 ± 0.03	6.65 ± 0.03	37.62	0.03 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.00

XX-t, sample of lignocellulosic material; XX, harvested after t days’ algal biofilm cultivation process
^aDry ash-free basis

ISSN: 2731-3654