Revisiting carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus metabolisms in microalgae for wastewater treatment

Y Su - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Threats posed to humans-including environmental pollution, water scarcity, food shortages,
and resource crises drive a new concept to think about wastewater and its treatment …

A review of phosphorus removal technologies and their applicability to small-scale domestic wastewater treatment systems

JT Bunce, E Ndam, ID Ofiteru, A Moore… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The removal of phosphorus (P) from domestic wastewater is primarily to reduce the potential
for eutrophication in receiving waters, and is mandated and common in many countries …

Resource recovery from wastewaters using microalgae-based approaches: A circular bioeconomy perspective

D Nagarajan, DJ Lee, CY Chen, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The basic concepts of circular bioeconomy are reduce, reuse and recycle. Recovery of
recyclable nutrients from secondary sources could play a key role in meeting the increased …

Microalgae as a feedstock for the production of biodiesel: A review

MVL Chhandama, KB Satyan, B Changmai… - Bioresource Technology …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review detailed an in-depth analysis of the scope and approach for the synthesis of
biodiesel from microalgae. Biodiesel derived from microalgae has been regarded as a …

Microalgal and cyanobacterial cultivation: The supply of nutrients

G Markou, D Vandamme, K Muylaert - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are a promising new source of biomass that may complement
agricultural crops to meet the increasing global demand for food, feed, biofuels and …

Nitrogen availability influences phosphorus removal in microalgae-based wastewater treatment

A Beuckels, E Smolders, K Muylaert - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Microalgae offer a promising technology to remove and re-use the nutrients N and P from
wastewater. For effective removal of both N and P, it is important that microalgae can adjust …

Wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production

JBK Park, RJ Craggs, AN Shilton - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
While research and development of algal biofuels are currently receiving much interest and
funding, they are still not commercially viable at today's fossil fuel prices. However, a niche …

Microalgal carbohydrates: an overview of the factors influencing carbohydrates production, and of main bioconversion technologies for production of biofuels

G Markou, I Angelidaki, D Georgakakis - Applied microbiology and …, 2012 - Springer
Microalgal biomass seems to be a promising feedstock for biofuel generation. Microalgae
have relative high photosynthetic efficiencies, high growth rates, and some species can …

Effects of photoperiod on nutrient removal, biomass production, and algal-bacterial population dynamics in lab-scale photobioreactors treating municipal wastewater

CS Lee, SA Lee, SR Ko, HM Oh, CY Ahn - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of photoperiod were investigated in lab-scale photobioreactors containing
algal-bacterial consortia to reduce organic nutrients from municipal wastewater. Under three …

Phosphorus from wastewater to crops: An alternative path involving microalgae

A Solovchenko, AM Verschoor, ND Jablonowski… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) is a non-renewable resource, a major plant nutrient that is essential for
modern agriculture. Currently, global food and feed production depends on P extracted from …