Effective harvesting of low surface-hydrophobicity microalgae by froth flotation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 159, Issue , 2014, Pages 437-441

  Garg, Sourabh ^a   Wang, Liguang ^a   Schenk, Peer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Cationic surfactant; Froth flotation; Hydrophobicity; Marine microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROORGANISMS; DYES;

BUBBLE SIZE; ENRICHMENT RATIO; FRESHWATER ALGAE; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MARINE MICROALGAE; MICROALGAE HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY;

FROTH FLOTATION;

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; FRESH WATER; AMMONIUM BROMIDE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BROMIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON;

ALGAL CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUBBLE; CATION; HARVESTING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; MICROALGA; SURFACTANT; BIOFUEL; ENRICHMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL PH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLORELLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEWATERING; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FLOTATION; HARVESTING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TETRASELMIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; FUNGAL CELL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.; TETRASELMIS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BROMIDES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROALGAE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84899622497     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

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