Growth and nitrogen removal capacity of Desmodesmus communis and of a natural microalgae consortium in a batch culture system in view of urban wastewater treatment: Part I

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 791-801

  Samorì, Giulia ^a   Samorì, Chiara ^a   Guerrini, Franca ^a   Pistocchi, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass composition; Microalgae; Municipal wastewater; Nutrient removal; PAM (pulse amplitude modulated fluorometry)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PILOT PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL BIOMASS; BATCH CULTURE; BIOMASS COMPOSITIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; MICRO-ALGAE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PULSE-AMPLITUDE MODULATED FLUOROMETRY; PULSE-AMPLITUDE-MODULATED FLUOROMETRY; REMOVAL CAPACITY;

MICROALGAE;

AMMONIA; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; LINOLEIC ACID; NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSACCHARIDE; STEARIC ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; FATTY ACID; FLUOROMETRY; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYSACCHARIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL GROWTH; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESMODESMUS COMMUNIS; EFFLUENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALGAE; DESMODESMUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84871482481     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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