Chitosan flocculation to aid the harvesting of the microalga Chlorella sorokiniana

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-301

  Xu, Yanan ^a   Purton, Saul ^a   Baganz, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Dewatering; Flocculation; Harvesting; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHITOSAN; DEWATERING; HARVESTING; MICROORGANISMS;

ALGAL BIOMASS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CELL AGE; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CULTURE BROTHS; DRY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; ENERGY INPUTS; LIPID CONTENT; LOW-COST STRATEGIES; MATERIAL COST; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; NATURAL COMPOUNDS;

FLOCCULATION;

CHITOSAN;

CENTRIFUGE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HARVESTING; MICROALGA; VOLUME;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CELL AGING; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HARVESTING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84871447077     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.068     Document Type: Article

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