Anaerobic digestion of lipid-extracted microalgae: Enhancing nutrient recovery towards a closed loop recycling

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 139-146

  Sforza, Eleonora ^a   Barbera, Elena ^a   Girotto, Francesca ^a   Cossu, Raffaello ^a   Bertucco, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biofuels; Chlorella vulgaris; Nutrient recycling; Phosphorus solubilisation; Photobioreactors

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; BIOGAS; ECOLOGY; LIQUIDS; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; RECYCLING; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; SOLUBILISATION; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BICARBONATE; BIOFUEL; LIPID; METHANE; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLOSED LOOP NUTRIENT RECYCLING; EXTRACTION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SLUDGE;

EID: 85012036951     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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