Scenario analysis of nutrient removal from municipal wastewater by microalgal biofilms

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 460-473

  Boelee, Nadine C ^a,b   Temmink, Hardy ^a,b   Janssen, Marcel ^b   Buisman, Cees J N ^a,b   Wijffels, René H ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal biofilm; Effluent polishing; Nitrogen removal; Phosphorus removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MICROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGAE;

EID: 84871815610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w4020460     Document Type: Article

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