The optimization of biomass and lipid yields of Chlorella sorokiniana when using wastewater supplemented with different nitrogen sources

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-135

  Ramanna, Luveshan ^a   Guldhe, Abhishek ^a   Rawat, Ismail ^a   Bux, Faizal ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Microalgae; PAM fluorometry; Urea; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUOROMETERS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSIS; MICRO-ALGAE; PAM FLUOROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PULSE-AMPLITUDE-MODULATED FLUOROMETRY;

UREA;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BIODIESEL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRATE; UREA; ESTER; PHOTOSYSTEM II; WASTE WATER;

ALGAL CULTURE; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTIVATION; GREEN ALGA; LIPID; MICROALGA; OPTIMIZATION; UREA; WASTEWATER;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTATION; FLUOROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLORELLA; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA;

BIOMASS; CHLORELLA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUOROMETRY; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; QUANTUM THEORY; UREA; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84905035939     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.064     Document Type: Article

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