Characterization of nutrient removal and microalgal biomass production on an industrial waste-stream by application of the deceleration-stat technique

Water Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 301-311

  Van Wagenen, Jon ^a   Pape, Mathias Leon ^a   Angelidaki, Irini ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorella sorokiniana; Deceleration stat; IC reactor; Microalgae productivity; Nutrient removal; Short light path photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHOTONS; PRODUCTIVITY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; DECELERATION-STAT; DILUTION RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INTERNAL CIRCULATION REACTORS; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA PRODUCTIVITY; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SHORT LIGHT-PATH PHOTOBIOREACTOR;

MICROALGAE;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROALGA; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECELERATION; DENSITY; DILUTION; DRY WEIGHT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA;

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROALGAE; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84924980472     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.022     Document Type: Article

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