Hectare-scale demonstration of high rate algal ponds for enhanced wastewater treatment and biofuel production

R Craggs, D Sutherland, H Campbell - Journal of Applied Phycology, 2012 - Springer
algal growth which is often carbon limited. This paper discusses the construction and operation
of a 5-ha demonstration HRAP … that were constructed from an existing conventional pond. …

Performance of a membrane-coupled high-rate algal pond for urban wastewater treatment at demonstration scale

Á Robles, G Capson-Tojo, A Gales, A Viruela… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of an outdoor membrane-coupled
high-rate algal pond equipped with industrial-scale membranes for treating urban …

Algal biomass production via open pond algae farm cultivation: 2022 state of technology and future research

B Klein, R Davis - 2023 - osti.gov
… the pond where a plastic liner is used to control erosion. While such a low-cost pond design
… the use of fully lined ponds that are more typical in today’s early demonstration facilities (or …

Economic construction and operation of hectare-scale wastewater treatment enhanced pond systems

R Craggs, J Park, D Sutherland, S Heubeck - Journal of applied phycology, 2015 - Springer
… The system includes covered anaerobic ponds (CAP), high rate algal ponds (HRAP), algal
scale demonstration EPS with CO 2 addition by scrubbing biogas from the covered anaerobic …

Hybrid wastewater treatment system based in a combination of high rate algae pond and vertical constructed wetland system at large scale

C Saúco, R Cano, D Marín, E Lara, F Rogalla… - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
… to the demonstration scale of the experimental plant which, although it is not a full-scale plant,
… This study evaluated real data from two demonstration-scale systems: the HRAP located in …

[HTML][HTML] A critical analysis of paddlewheel-driven raceway ponds for algal biofuel production at commercial scales

JN Rogers, JN Rosenberg, BJ Guzman, VH Oh… - Algal research, 2014 - Elsevier
… processing plants [63], [64] Dissolved air flotation and settling clarifiers have also been
successfully implemented to harvest flocculated algal biomass at demonstration scales. The …

Long-term cultivation of algae in open-raceway ponds: lessons from the field

RL White, RA Ryan - Industrial Biotechnology, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Demonstration of algal biomass production at scale has many challenges. The unit processes
(cultivation, harvest, downstream product finishing) must be individually optimized, but …

Algal biomass production via open pond algae farm cultivation: 2019 State of technology and future research

R Davis, L Laurens - 2020 - osti.gov
… This report focuses on front-end algal biomass production, documenting the pertinent algal
biomass cultivation parameters that were input to the NREL open pond algae farm model …

Size matters–Microalgae production and nutrient removal in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds of three different sizes

DL Sutherland, J Park, S Heubeck, PJ Ralph… - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
scale) pond. Our results suggest that, based on the current design and operation of high rate
algal ponds… smaller than the current full-scale systems. This has implications for commercial …

Large-scale demonstration of microalgae-based wastewater biorefineries

Z Arbib, D Marín, R Cano, C Saúco… - … Valorization Using Algal …, 2022 - Elsevier
… While in large conventional WWT about half of the treatment energy can be recovered by
biogas production, algae ponds when coupled to anaerobic digestion can easily achieve a …