Nutrient removal and microalgal biomass production on urine in a short light-path photobioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-174

  Tuantet, Kanjana ^a   Temmink, Hardy ^a   Zeeman, Grietje ^a   Janssen, Marcel ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a   Buisman, Cees J N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorella sorokiniana; Microalgae productivity; Nutrient removal; Short light path photobioreactor; Source separated urine

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY FLUIDS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; REMOVAL RATE; SHORT LIGHT-PATH PHOTOBIOREACTOR; SOURCE-SEPARATED URINE; VOLUMETRICS;

MICROALGAE;

FATTY ACID; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOREACTOR; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; URINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; DILUTION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; URINE; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CHLORELLA; HUMANS; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; URINE;

EID: 84896761752     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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