PhD ceremony M.M. (Azimatun) Nur: Unlocking Microalgal Treasures - Utilization of palm oil mill effluent as growth medium for the production of value-added microalgal compounds
| When: | Mo 08-06-2020 at 16:15 |
| Where: | Via Live stream |
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| PhD ceremony: | M.M. (Azimatun) Nur, M |
| When: | June 8, 2020 |
| Start: | 16:15 |
| Supervisors: |
Prof. dr. A. (Anita) G.J. Buma, Prof. dr. K.R. (Klaas) Timmermans |
| Where: | Via live stream: https://www.rug.nl/digitalphd |
| Faculty: | Science and Engineering |
| Institute: | Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG) |
Indonesia is well known as the largest oil palm producer in the world. Along with the production, a large amount of palm oil mill effluent (POME) is also generated, which could pollute the environments. In this thesis, POME is utilized as growth medium of microalgae to produce value-added products such as fucoxanthin, phycocyanin, and sulphated exopolysaccharide. We found that microalgae could grow well on POME. Environmental and nutritional factors influenced the growth and the value-added production. By implementing this method, a dual purpose was reached: lowering nutrients and pollutant from POME, and in other hand, producing high value-added products.