Wastewater treatment by microalgae

M Plöhn, O Spain, S Sirin, M Silva… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of the world's population increases the demand for fresh water, food, energy,
and technology, which in turn leads to increasing amount of wastewater, produced both by …

Bio-products from algae-based biorefinery on wastewater: A review

CM Catone, M Ripa, E Geremia, S Ulgiati - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing resource demand, predicted fossil resources shortage in the near future, and
environmental concerns due to the production of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide have …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgal growth, nitrogen uptake and storage, and dissolved oxygen production in a polyculture based-open pond fed with municipal wastewater in …

S Lage, A Toffolo, FG Gentili - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgal-based wastewater treatment and CO 2 sequestration from flue gases with
subsequent biomass production represent a low-cost, eco-friendly, and effective procedure …

Detailed characterization of the cell wall structure and composition of nordic green microalgae

O Spain, C Funk - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Green microalgae are attractive to food, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries due to the
promising and diverse properties of their intracellular components. In current …

A review about microalgae wastewater treatment for bioremediation and biomass production—a new challenge for Europe

E Geremia, M Ripa, CM Catone, S Ulgiati - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microalgae have received much attention in the last few years. Their use is being extended
to different fields of application and technologies, such as food, animal feed, and production …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae and cyanobacteria polysaccharides: important link for nutrient recycling and revalorization of agro-industrial wastewater

M Franco-Morgado, GG Amador-Espejo… - Applied Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the high amount of wastewater generated by agroindustry around the world, only a
limited number of alternatives for its reuse or revalorization have been applied. One of the …

Lighting the way to sustainable development: Physiological response and light control strategy in microalgae-based wastewater treatment under illumination

S Chen, X Li, X Ma, R Qing, Y Chen, H Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals link pollutant control with carbon dioxide
reduction. Toward the goal of pollutant and carbon reduction, microalgae-based wastewater …

A novel blue-green infrastructure for providing potential drinking water source from urban stormwater through a sustainable physical-biological treatment

MA Azadgoleh, M Taghavijeloudar, MM Mohammadi… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
In this research, a sustainable blue-green infrastructure (BGI) was developed to efficiently
remove contaminants from stormwater through a combined use of modified porous asphalt …

Influence of hydrothermal carbonization conditions on the porosity, functionality, and sorption properties of microalgae hydrochars

I Kozyatnyk, V Benavente, E Weidemann, FG Gentili… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Green microalgae is a possible feedstock for the production of biofuels, chemicals,
food/feed, and medical products. Large-scale microalgae production requires large …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and species identification of microalgal biomass grown at pilot-scale with municipal wastewater and CO2 from flue gases

S Lage, FG Gentili - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The production potential of a locally isolated Chlorella vulgaris strain and a local green-
algae consortium, used in municipal wastewater treatment combined with CO 2 …