Enclosed tubular and open algal-bacterial biofilm photobioreactors for carbon and nutrient removal from domestic wastewater

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-164

  Posadas, Esther ^a   García Encina, Pedro Antonio ^a   Domínguez, Antonio ^b   Díaz, Ignacio ^b   Becares, Eloy ^c,d   Blanco, Saúl ^c,d   Muñoz, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d The Institute of the Environment   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal bacterial symbiosis; Biofilm photobioreactors; Carbon and nutrient removal; Microalgae population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFILMS; CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

ALGAL-BACTERIAL SYMBIOSIS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INTERNAL RECIRCULATIONS; MICRO-ALGAE; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON REMOVALS;

PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

ALGA; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROALGA; MONITORING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84899526677     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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