Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in wastewater with waste glycerol: Strategies for improving nutrients removal and enhancing lipid production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2016, Pages 252-261

  Ma, Xiaochen ^a,b   Zheng, Hongli ^b,c   Addy, Min ^b   Anderson, Erik ^b   Liu, Yuhuan ^c   Chen, Paul ^b   Ruan, Roger ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Microalga; Waste glycerol; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; LIPID PRODUCTIVITIES; MICROALGA; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; WASTE GLYCEROLS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BIODIESEL; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN; BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; BIOFUEL; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; GREEN ALGA; LIPID; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL GROWTH; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84961193576     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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