Phycoremediation of wastewater by microalgae: a review

D Kaloudas, N Pavlova, R Penchovsky - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
Wastewater treatment requires the removal of contaminants, solids, nutrients, coliforms, and
pathogenic bacteria. Classical treatments require high energy and induce secondary …

The intrinsic characteristics of microalgae biofilm and their potential applications in pollutants removal—A review

C Wang, Y Tan, L Zhu, C Zhou, X Yan, Q Xu, R Ruan… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the water shortage, one of the reliable sources of water available is wastewater.
Traditional methods of pollutants from wastewater treatment do not always meet the goals of …

Review on biological wastewater treatment and resources recovery: attached and suspended growth systems

L Machineni - Water science and technology, 2019 - iwaponline.com
The treatment of wastewater for reuse is a potential solution to meet ever increasing urban,
industrial, agricultural, and environmental demands across the world, where clean water …

Assuaging microalgal harvesting woes via attached growth: a critical review to produce sustainable microalgal feedstock

NA Rosmahadi, WH Leong, H Rawindran, YC Ho… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Third-generation biofuels that are derived from microalgal biomass have gained momentum
as a way forward in the sustainable production of biodiesel. Such efforts are propelled by the …

Microalgae biofilm system as an efficient tool for wastewater remediation and potential bioresources for pharmaceutical product production: an overview

AY Ugya, H Chen, Q Wang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The role of microalgae in wastewater remediation and metabolite production has been well
documented, but the limitations of microalgae harvesting and low biomass production call …

Biomass production and physiology of Chlorella vulgaris during the early stages of immobilized state are affected by light intensity and inoculum cell density

SF Li, A Fanesi, T Martin, F Lopes - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The interest for biofilm-based systems for microalgae and related compounds production
has been increasing lately. Although extensive literature has been reported on productivity …

A dirty job: dishwasher wastewater reuse and upcycle through an ad hoc engineered microbial consortium

A Alabiso, S Frasca, V Cantelmo, MM D'Andrea… - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
In the framework of regenerative circular economy and Sustainable Development Goals# 6,
water demand and wastewater production are a crucial environmental issue. To cope with …

Physiological transition of Chlorella vulgaris from planktonic to immobilized conditions

S Li, A Fanesi, T Martin, F Lopes - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biofilm-based technologies present many advantages (eg, higher productivity, lower water
demand and harvesting costs) compared with the conventional planktonic approaches for …

Combining microalgae-based wastewater treatment with biofuel and bio-based production in the frame of a biorefinery

A Ferreira, A Reis, S Vidovic, J Vladic, S Gkelis… - Grand challenges in …, 2019 - Springer
Conventional wastewater treatment (WWT) is currently based on the action of heterotrophic
and nitrifying bacteria supported by mechanical aeration in a sequence of interconnected …

A microscale system for in situ investigation of immobilized microalgal cell resistance against liquid flow in the early inoculation stage

CY Tong, HZ Li, CJC Derek - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In attached microalgae cultivation systems, cell detachment due to fluid hydrodynamic flow
is not a subject matter that is commonly looked into. However, this phenomenon is of great …