Applying membrane technology in microalgae industry: A comprehensive review

Z Zhao, K Muylaert, IFJ Vankelecom - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although microalgal biomass and environmental benefits of microalgae surpass those of
many other feedstocks, the costs associated with up-and downstream technologies still …

The characteristics and influencing factors of the attached microalgae cultivation: a review

LL Zhuang, D Yu, J Zhang, F Liu, YH Wu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Attached microalgae cultivation could simplify the microalgae harvest process and reduce its
associated cost, which has attracted much attention recently. In this paper, the reactor …

Microalgal attachment and attached systems for biomass production and wastewater treatment

JH Wang, LL Zhuang, XQ Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microalgae are promising feedstocks for food, feed, fuel, fertilizers, fine chemicals and other
value-added products, and are considered of great potential in wastewater treatment …

Membrane surface roughness promotes rapid initial cell adhesion and long term microalgal biofilm stability

CY Tong, CJC Derek - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In biofilm membrane photobioreactors development, conscientious works revolving around
the effect of external environment factors on microalgal biofilm growth were assessed but …

Biofilm based attached cultivation technology for microalgal biorefineries—a review

J Wang, W Liu, T Liu - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The attached cultivation for microalga has many superiorities over the conventional aqua-
suspend methods, which make it a promising pathway to supply feedstock for microalgae …

Insight into the formation mechanism of algal biofilm in soy sauce wastewater

J Qian, T Wan, Y Ye, J Li, T Toda, H Li, M Sekine… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgal-biofilm-based wastewater treatment refers to a microalgae-dominated biofilm
community in non-axenic systems, in which co-existing bacteria and microbial extracellular …

Development and performance evaluation of an algal biofilm reactor for treatment of multiple wastewaters and characterization of biomass for diverse applications

P Choudhary, SK Prajapati, P Kumar, A Malik… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
A modified algal biofilm reactor (ABR) was developed and assessed for high biomass
productivity and treatment potential using variable strength wastewaters with accumulation …

Physico-chemistry and adhesion kinetics of algal biofilm on polyethersulfone (PES) membrane with different surface wettability

CY Tong, YS Chang, BS Ooi, DJC Chan - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgal biofilm growth on porous substrates has recently garnered extensive attention
with the advantage of high biomass productivity with low liquid culture volume. In such …

Microalgae biotechnology as a promising pathway to ecofriendly aquaculture: a state‐of‐the‐art review

H Li, S Chen, K Liao, Q Lu… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture is an important industry providing high‐quality animal protein to humans, but it
brings serious environmental pollutions, such as eutrophication of water bodies and the …

A novel microalgal biofilm reactor using walnut shell as substratum for microalgae biofilm cultivation and lipid accumulation

X Zou, K Xu, W Chang, Y Qu, Y Li - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae are a potential candidate for biofuels, but the high cost and low biomass yield
hinder the scale-up application of microalgae. In this study, a novel walnut shell based self …