Pavlo Bohutskyi

TL;DR: Thermochemical pretreatment had the strongest impact on biomass solubilization with methane yields increasing by 30% and 40% for Chlorella and Nannochloropsis, respectively and lipid content had a strong beneficial impact on the theoretical and observed methane yields as compared to protein and carbohydrate content.

TL;DR: Although primary wastewater effluent possessed a high optical density and bacterial contamination, it was a superior growth medium for microalgal cultivation than nutrient-scarce secondary effluent and ADC represents an economical fertilizer substitute providing various nutrients needed for microAlgal growth and enhancing biofuel sustainability.

TL;DR: The research opportunities include a variety of engineering and scientific tasks, such as design of systems for algae cultivation and anaerobic digestion; optimization of algae cultivation in wastewater, nutrients recycling and algal concentration; enhancement of algal biomass digestibility and conversion rate by pretreatment; deep integration with other technological processes.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that unsterilized wastewater and ADC can serve as critical nutrient sources for biomass generation and that robust microalgae can be potent players in wastewater phytoremediation.

TL;DR: Coupling biodiesel and methane production provides significant energy advantages along with sustainability and economic benefits from nutrient recycling, and an integrated process of lipid conversion into biodiesel coupled with LEA conversion into methane generates nearly 40% more energy compared to methane production from WA, and about 100% moreEnergy than from biodiesel alone.