Treatment of agro-industrial wastewater using microalgae-bacteria consortium combined with anaerobic digestion of the produced biomass

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 598-603

  Hernandez D ^a   Riano B ^a   Coca, M ^b   Garcia Gonzalez M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agro industrial wastewater; Algal biomass; Biofuels; Methane production

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUELS; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL-BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; LIPID CONCENTRATION; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOSITION; METHANE PRODUCTION; POTATO-PROCESSING; SECOND GENERATION;

BIOMASS;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ALGA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; DIGESTION; LIPID; MANURE; METHANE; PIG; POTATO; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; MANURE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SUIDAE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANE; MICROALGAE; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SWINE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84876739605     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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