Fixation of Carbon dioxide and oxygen production by photosynthetic simulations in indoor environs

Utilization of electronic equipments and increase in global warming has adversely affected the ratio of gases in indoor environment particularly favoring carbon monoxide and nitrous oxides. Photosynthetic organisms have a great potential to sequester carbon di oxide and generate oxygen. The study was conducted to ascertain the oxygen production and carbon abstraction potential of two species of green algae (Chlorococcum sp and Desmococcus sp.) and two species of blue green algae (Oscillatoria sp and Spirulina sp). Results revealed the fact that green alga, especially Chlorococcum sp. has greater potential to reduce the stress on the global warming effect with a maximum production of 6.02 mg/l of oxygen for every 18 X 10 4 cells/ml of culture during day time per hour of light period, during this process it abstracts 8.27 mg of carbon dioxide. The investigation indicates the potential of microalgae as an indoor carbon removal tool. This inference categorically harbingers that green algae can serve an ideal indoor photosynthetic organism in producing sizeable quantity of oxygen creating a healthy indoor environment.