Harvesting green algae from eutrophic reservoir by electroflocculation and post-use for biodiesel production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-262

  Valero, Enrique ^a   Álvarez, Xana ^a   Cancela, Ángeles ^a   Sánchez, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Cyanobacterial blooms; Kirchneriella sp.; Microcystis sp.; Scenedesmus spp.

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; ELECTRODES; EUTROPHICATION; FATTY ACIDS; HARVESTING; PALMITIC ACID;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; DIRECT TRANSESTERIFICATION; ELECTRODE SEPARATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS (FAMES); KIRCHNERIELLA SP; MICROCYSTIS; SCENEDESMUS;

ALGAE;

BIODIESEL; ESTER; FATTY ACID ESTER; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOFUEL; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRODE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOCCULATION; GREEN ALGA; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE VESSEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROFLOCCULATION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOCCULATION; GREEN ALGA; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TRANSESTERIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; KIRCHNERIELLA; MICROCYSTIS SP.; SCENEDESMUS;

BIOFUELS; CHLOROPHYTA; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EUTROPHICATION; FLOCCULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84926431494     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.138     Document Type: Article

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