Microalgal-biotechnology as a platform for an integral biogas upgrading and nutrient removal from anaerobic effluents

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 573-581

  Bahr, Melanie ^a   Díaz, Ignacio ^b   Dominguez, Antonio ^b   González Sánchez, Armando ^c   Muñoz, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b BIOGAS FUEL CELL S A Parque Tecnológico de Gijón Edificio Pisa 1 Izq   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; DESULFURIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PACKED BEDS;

ABSORPTION COLUMNS; ANAEROBIC EFFLUENTS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; HIGH RATE ALGAL POND; MINERAL SALT MEDIUMS; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; TRANSFER CAPACITIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BIOFUEL;

ABSORPTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MASS TRANSFER; MICROALGA; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDENCE TIME;

ABSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY YIELD; EUTROPHICATION; HIGH RATE ALGAL POND; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; POND; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPIRULINA; STANDARDS;

ABSORPTION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PONDS; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84891769270     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403596m     Document Type: Article

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