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Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Remote and in situ Analysis of Algal Biomass Utilisation for Industrial Biotechnology

KAISER, J. -SAMEK, O. -NOVOTNÝ, K. -TRTÍLEK, M. -POŘÍZKA, P. -PROCHAZKA, D. -MALINA, R. -PROCHÁZKOVÁ, K.

Czech title

Aplikace spektroskopie laserem buzeného plazmatu pro dálkovou a in situ analýzu řasové biomasy pro průmyslovou biotechnologii

English title

Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Remote and in situ Analysis of Algal Biomass Utilisation for Industrial Biotechnology

Type

abstract

Language

en

Original abstract

We report on the utilization of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to the determination of biologically important elements (such as potassium, magnesium, calcium, and sodium) and to the monitoring of accumulation of potentially toxic heavy metal ions in living microorganisms (algae), in order to trace e.g. the influence of environmental exposure and other cultivation and biological factors. In this feasibility study we used different experimental arrangements employing double-pulse LIBS technique in order to improve on analytical selectivity and sensitivity for potential industrial biotechnology applications, e.g. for monitoring of mass production of commercial biofuels, utilization in the food industry and control of the removal of heavy metals ions from industrial waste waters.

Czech abstract

Příspěvek se věnuje použití spektroskopie laserem buzeného plazmatu (LIBS) pro stanovení biologický významných prvků (např. draslíku, hořčíku, vápníku, sodíku) a pro sledování akumulace potenciálně toxických těžkých kovů v živých mikroorganismech (řasách). V této studii byla použita různá experimentální uspořádání jako dálková nebo dvoupulzní LIBS pro zvýšení flexibility, analytické selektivity a citlivosti pro použití v průmyslových biotechnologiích (monitoring produkce biopaliv, krmiv a potravin nebo řízení dekontaminace průmyslových odpadních vod od těžkých kovů).

English abstract

We report on the utilization of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to the determination of biologically important elements (such as potassium, magnesium, calcium, and sodium) and to the monitoring of accumulation of potentially toxic heavy metal ions in living microorganisms (algae), in order to trace e.g. the influence of environmental exposure and other cultivation and biological factors. In this feasibility study we used different experimental arrangements employing double-pulse LIBS technique in order to improve on analytical selectivity and sensitivity for potential industrial biotechnology applications, e.g. for monitoring of mass production of commercial biofuels, utilization in the food industry and control of the removal of heavy metals ions from industrial waste waters.

Keywords in English

LIBS; Biomass; algal; in-situ analysis; remote analysis

Released

30.09.2012

Book

book of abstracts of SCIX, 2012, September 30 – October 5, 2012, Kansas City, MO, USA

Pages count

1