Search Results - subject:"Nutrient removal"

Improving the Effectiveness of a Nutrient Removal System Composed of Microalgae and <i>Daphnia</i> by an Artificial Illumination

Chang, In-Ho; Jung, Dawoon; Ahn, Tae Seok - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1346-1358

For determining the effect of illumination on nutrient removal in an artificial food web (AFW) system, we launched a …

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Development of an effective acidogenically digested swine manure-based algal system for improved wastewater treatment and biofuel and feed production

Hu, Bing; Zhou, Wenguang; Min, Min; Du, Zhenyi; Chen, Paul - In: Applied Energy 107 (2013) C, pp. 255-263

acidogenically digested swine wastewater in bench scale for improved algal biomass production and waste nutrient removal using … retention time (HRT), on algal biomass productivity and nutrient removal rates were investigated. The optimal parameters … nutrient removal rates, which fitted the predictive models well. Moreover, relatively high and stable protein and lipid …

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Cultivation of Nannochloropsis salina using anaerobic digestion effluent as a nutrient source for biofuel production

Cai, Ting; Park, Stephen Y.; Racharaks, Ratanachat; Li, Yebo - In: Applied Energy 108 (2013) C, pp. 486-492

The biomass and lipid productivities and the nutrient removal capacity of microalgae Nannochloropsis salina grown using …

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Cultivation of Spirulina platensis for biomass production and nutrient removal from synthetic human urine

Chang, Yuanyuan; Wu, Zucheng; Bian, Lei; Feng, Daolun; … - In: Applied Energy 102 (2013) C, pp. 427-431

nutrient removal and biomass quality were examined. After 7days, 97% of NH4+-N, 96.5% of total phosphorus (TP) and 85–98% of …

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Algal biofuel from urban wastewater in India: Scope and challenges

Ramachandra, T.V.; Durga Madhab, Mahapatra; Shilpi, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 21 (2013) C, pp. 767-777

Rapidly depleting stocks of fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have necessitated the exploration of cost effective sustainable energy sources focussing on biofuels through algae. Abundant wastewaters generated in urban localities every day provide the nourishment to...

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Growing wastewater-born microalga Auxenochlorella protothecoides UMN280 on concentrated municipal wastewater for simultaneous nutrient removal and energy feedstock production

Zhou, Wenguang; Li, Yecong; Min, Min; Hu, Bing; Zhang, Hong - In: Applied Energy 98 (2012) C, pp. 433-440

protothecoides UMN280, was examined for algal growth, wastewater nutrient removal efficiency, and lipid accumulation in batch and …

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An energy evaluation of coupling nutrient removal from wastewater with algal biomass production

Sturm, Belinda S.M.; Lamer, Stacey L. - In: Applied Energy 88 (2011) 10, pp. 3499-3506

presents an energy balance of microalgal production in open ponds coupled with nutrient removal from wastewater. Actual … microalgal yields and nutrient removal rates were obtained from four pilot-scale reactors (2500gallons each) fed with wastewater … includes the energy offset from removing nutrients with algal reactors rather than the biological nutrient removal processes …

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Growth and lipid accumulation properties of a freshwater microalga, Chlorella ellipsoidea YJ1, in domestic secondary effluents

Yang, Jia; Li, Xin; Hu, Hongying; Zhang, Xue; Yu, Yin; … - In: Applied Energy 88 (2011) 10, pp. 3295-3299

The combination of microalga-based biodiesel production and wastewater treatment is a promising approach to solve problems related to the energy crisis as well as eutrophication in bodies of water. A freshwater microalga, Chlorella ellipsoidea YJ1, with a high capacity for biomass production and...

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