Harvesting Nannochloris oculata by inorganic electrolyte flocculation: Effect of initial cell density, ionic strength, coagulant dosage, and media pH

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 418-424

  Garzon Sanabria, Andrea J ^a   Davis, Ryan T ^a   Nikolov, Zivko L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell concentration; Electrolyte flocculation; N. oculata; Nannochloris oculata; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CULTURE; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CELL DENSITY; CELL DENSITY CULTURE; COAGULANT DOSAGE; INORGANIC ELECTROLYTE; N. OCULATA; NANNOCHLORIS OCULATA; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PROCESS VARIABLES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SALT CONCENTRATION;

CELL MEMBRANES; COAGULATION; ELECTROLYTES; FLOCCULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CELL CULTURE;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; COAGULATION; ELECTROLYTE; FLOCCULATION; PH; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IONIC STRENGTH; MARINE SPECIES; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLORIS OCULATA; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CELL COUNT; CHLOROPHYTA; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROLYTES; FLOCCULATION; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOFTWARE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ALGAE; PICOCHLORUM OCULATUM;

EID: 84862266552     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.057     Document Type: Article

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