Study of algal biomass harvesting through cationic cassia gum, a natural plant based biopolymer

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 151, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-11

  Banerjee, Chiranjib ^a   Ghosh, Sandipta ^a,b   Sen, Gautam ^a   Mishra, Sumit ^a   Shukla, Pratyoosh ^a,c   Bandopadhyay, Rajib ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Hindustan Gum and Chemicals Limited   (India)

^c MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cationic cassia; Chlamydomonas sp. CRP7; Chlorella sp. CB4; Flocculation; Microalgae harvesting

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; MICROORGANISMS; OPTIMIZATION;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CATIONIC CASSIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS SP; CHLORELLA SP; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; MICROALGAE HARVESTING; QUATERNARY AMINES; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

DYES;

BIOPOLYMER; FRESH WATER; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATION; CHLORIDE; FLOCCULATION; MICROALGA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CASSIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; GREEN ALGA; HARVESTING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA SP.;

CATIONIC CASSIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS SP. CRP7; CHLORELLA SP. CB4; FLOCCULATION; MICROALGAE HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CASSIA; CATIONS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA; FLOCCULATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84887165796     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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