Efficiency of ammonia and phosphorus removal from a Colombian agroindustrial wastewater by the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus dimorphus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-262

  González, Luz Estela ^a   Cañizares, Rosa Olivia ^b   Baena, Sandra ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroindustrial wastewater; Bioreactors; Chlorella vulgaris; Microalgae; Nutrient removal; Scenedesmus dimorphus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CHLORELLA; COLOMBIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; SCENEDESMUS DIMORPHUS; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ALGAE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

AGROINDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER; MICROALGAE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030609337     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(97)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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