Renewable biomass production by mixotrophic algae in the presence of various carbon sources and wastewaters

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3425-3431

  Bhatnagar, Ashish ^b   Chinnasamy, Senthil ^a   Singh, Manjinder ^a   Das, K C ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Microalgae; Mixotrophic; Organic carbon; Poultry litter; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS GROWTH; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON SOURCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GROWTH MEDIUM; GROWTH POTENTIAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MICROALGAE; MIXOTROPHIC; ORGANIC CARBON SUBSTRATES; POULTRY LITTER; SCENEDESMUS; TREATED WASTEWATER; UNTREATED WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOENERGY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LITTER; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MIXOTROPHY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; POULTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WASTEWATER;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS GLOBOSA; CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS BIJUGA;

EID: 79957976512     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.064     Document Type: Article

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