Microalgae cultivation for bioenergy production using wastewaters from a municipal WWTP as nutritional sources

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 515-520

  Cho, Sunja ^a   Lee, Nakyeong ^a   Park, Seonghwan ^a   Yu, Jaecheul ^a   Luong, Thanh Thao ^a   Oh, You Kwan ^b   Lee, Taeho ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digester effluent; Biomass production; Lipid production; Microalgae cultivation; Primary settling tank effluent

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; MICROORGANISMS; SETTLING TANKS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER EFFLUENTS; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; FEASIBILITY TESTS; LIPID CONTENT; LIPID PRODUCTIONS; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; MICROALGAL CULTIVATIONS;

EFFLUENTS;

FATTY ACID ESTER; NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DEWATERING; LIPID; MICROALGA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGAL GROWTH; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA; KOREA; MICROALGA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SLUDGE DEWATERING; WASTE WATER;

PUSAN [PUSAN (ADS)]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84875636212     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.176     Document Type: Article

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