Biologically mediated phosphorus precipitation in wastewater treatment with microalgae

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 953-960

  Larsdotter, K ^a   La Cour Jansen, J ^b   Dalhammar, G ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Microalgae; Phosphorus; Precipitation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CALCITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECLAMATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ASSIMILATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAL CULTURES; PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION RATES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BIOMASS; MICROALGA; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRECIPITATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 34648822765     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618855     Document Type: Article

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