A high rate ponding unit operation linking treatment of tannery effluent and Arthrospira (Spirulina) biomass production. 1: Process development

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-188

  Rose, Peter ^a   Dunn, Kevin ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal feed; Biofuels; Spirulina; Tannery; Waste stabilization ponds; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PONDING; SEWAGE; STABILIZATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; STRIPPING (REMOVAL); WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL FEED; ARTHROSPIRA (SPIRULINA); HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; MIXOTROPHIC CULTIVATIONS; PRIMARY FACULTATIVE PONDS; SPIRULINA; TANNERY; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS;

EFFLUENTS;

ALGA; EFFLUENT; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MIXOTROPHY; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROSPIRA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84877318265     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 1873-2909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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