Use of chitosan acid solutions to improve separation efficiency for harvesting of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 226, Issue , 2013, Pages 238-242

  Rashid, Naim ^a,b   Rehman, Muhammad Saif Ur ^a   Han, Jong In ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Flocculation; Harvesting; Microalgae; Solvents

Indexed keywords

CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES; EXPONENTIAL PHASE; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAE HARVESTING; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ALGAE; EFFICIENCY; FLOCCULATION; HARVESTING; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING; SEPARATION; SOLVENTS;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 84877909100     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.04.062     Document Type: Article

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