Harvesting microalgae by magnetic separation: A review

Algal Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-185

  Wang, Shi Kai ^a,c   Stiles, Amanda R ^b   Guo, Chen ^a   Liu, Chun Zhao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic nanoparticles; Magnetic separator; Microalgae harvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928689044     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.03.005     Document Type: Review

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