Nutrients recovery and recycling in algae processing for biofuels production

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue , 2018, Pages 28-42

  Barbera, Elena ^a   Bertucco, Alberto ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed loop recycling; Microalgae; Nitrogen; Nutrients recovery; Phosphorus; Struvite

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; FERTILIZERS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOPRODUCTS; CLOSED-LOOP; CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING; MICRO-ALGAE; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; RECOVERY METHODS; REUSE; STRUVITES;

MICROALGAE;

EID: 85044501611     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.004     Document Type: Review

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