Electrically dewatering microalgae

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1578-1583

  Pearsall, Robert V ^a   Connelly, Rhykka L ^a   Fountain, Mark E ^a   Hearn, Clay S ^a   Werst, Michael D ^a   Hebner, Robert E ^a   Kelley, Edward F ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b KELTEK LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; dewatering; electroflocculation; electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELLS; ELECTROFLOCCULATION; FLUID MOTIONS; MICRO-ALGAE; TRACE METAL;

ALGAE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOCCULATION; FLUIDS; MICROORGANISMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DEWATERING;

EID: 80054061404     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.6032827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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