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Victor Thut, Sandra Tonidandel
The global warming problems are directly related to the increasing of greenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere, such as the carbon dioxide. Since photosynthetic microorganisms have higher growth and photosynthetic rates than plants, they are an interesting object of study for carbon sequestration. The present work aimed to test the hypothesis that photosynthetic microorganisms grown in a closed photobioreactor for domestic usage are able to neutralize carbon emissions from a specific group of people. In vitro growth of different freshwater Cyanobacteria strains was evaluated under controlled conditions, in triplicates. Carbon sequestration was evaluated at the beginning of the stationary phase. The data were submitted to a statistic analysis of variance to check the differences between the strains. The construction of the photobioreactor is in progress. This machine is projected to neutralize carbon emission from the users by growing the microorganisms under a controlled and independent way, in other words, the user would interfere minimally on its working. The calculations of the user’s carbon emission will be performed online by software through a web site, to which the equipment will be indirectly linked. At this showcase the obtained data , as well as the prototype will be presented.
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