Pilot-scale continuous recycling of growth medium for the mass culture of a halotolerant Tetraselmis sp. in raceway ponds under increasing salinity: A novel protocol for commercial microalgal biomass production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-54

  Fon Sing, S ^a,c   Isdepsky, A ^b,c   Borowitzka, M A ^b   Lewis, D M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Muradel Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electro flocculation; Marine microalgae; Mixotrophy; Recycling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FLOCCULATION; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CONTINUOUS RECYCLING; ELECTRO-FLOCCULATION; MARINE MICROALGAE; MICROALGAL CULTURES; MIXOTROPHIC GROWTHS; MIXOTROPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ECOLOGY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CULTURE MEDIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; EVAPORATION; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH; MICROALGA; MIXOTROPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POND; RECYCLING; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRY WEIGHT; FLOCCULATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; MIXOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; SALINITY; TETRASELMIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROALGA; PILOT STUDY; SALT TOLERANCE;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYTA; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLOCCULATION; MICROALGAE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PILOT PROJECTS; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; WATER;

EID: 84896962700     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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