Algae grown on dairy and municipal wastewater for simultaneous nutrient removal and lipid production for biofuel feedstock

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1115-1122

  Woertz, I ^a   Feffer, A ^b   Lundquist, T ^a   Nelson, Y ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LifeWater International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Nutrients; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

BATCH CULTURE; BATCH GROWTH; DAIRY FARMS; DAIRY WASTEWATER; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GREEN ALGA; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; LIPID CONTENT; LIQUID BIOFUELS; LOW LEVEL; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; VOLATILE SOLID; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER CONCENTRATION; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; FEEDSTOCKS; LIQUIDS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGA; AMMONIUM; BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; DAIRY FARMING; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; NITROGEN; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 70350159322     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000129     Document Type: Article

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