Uptake of nutrients from municipal wastewater and biodiesel production by mixed algae culture

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 550-554

  Ahmad, Farooq ^a   Khan, Amin U ^a   Yasar, Abdullah ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Algae; Biodiesel; Growth; Nutrients; Transesterification; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLADOPHORA; DIATOM; DRY WEIGHT; FRESH WEIGHT; LYNGBYA; MICROSPORIDIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RELATIVE DENSITY; RHIZOCLONIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIROGYRA; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; LYNGBYA; RHIZOCLONIUM; SPIROGYRA SP.;

EID: 84863805810     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.648.652     Document Type: Article

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