Wastewater treatment by microalgae

M Plöhn, O Spain, S Sirin, M Silva… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of the world's population increases the demand for fresh water, food, energy,
and technology, which in turn leads to increasing amount of wastewater, produced both by …

Microalgae biofuels: a critical review of issues, problems and the way forward

MK Lam, KT Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
Culturing of microalgae as an alternative feedstock for biofuel production has received a lot
of attention in recent years due to their fast growth rate and ability to accumulate high …

Non-suspended microalgae cultivation for wastewater refinery and biomass production

LL Zhuang, M Li, HH Ngo - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-suspended microalgae cultivation technology coupled with wastewater purification has
received more scientific attention in recent decades. Since the non-suspended microalgae …

Hydrogen photoproduction by nutrient‐deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells immobilized within thin alginate films under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

SN Kosourov, M Seibert - Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A new technique for immobilizing H2‐photoproducing green algae within a thin (< 400 µm)
alginate film has been developed. Alginate films with entrapped sulfur/phosphorus‐deprived …

[HTML][HTML] Growth regime and environmental remediation of microalgae

AM Hammed, SK Prajapati, S Simsek, H Simsek… - Algae, 2016 - e-algae.org
Microalgal bioremediation of CO 2, nutrients, endocrine disruptors, hydrocarbons,
pesticides, and cyanide compounds have evaluated comprehensively. Microalgal mitigation …

Bio-inspired materials for nutrient biocapture from wastewater: Microalgal cells immobilized on chitosan-based carriers

S Vasilieva, E Lobakova, T Grigoriev, I Selyakh… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The successful application of the cross-linked chitosan-based polymers for microalgae
immobilization and biocapture of nutrients is reported for the first time. Highly porous …

Chlorophyll fluorescence as a valuable multitool for microalgal biotechnology

A Solovchenko, A Lukyanov, S Vasilieva… - Biophysical …, 2022 - Springer
Variable fluorescence of chlorophyll (CF) of the photosynthetic apparatus is an ample
source of valuable information on physiological condition of photosynthetic organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae biodiesel: a sustainable source of energy, unit operations, technological challenges, and solutions

L Kumar, R Anand, MP Shah, N Bharadvaja - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The decline in reserves of fossil fuels has shifted the world towards renewable and
sustainable alternative fuels. Microalgae, a rich source of triacylglycerol, are a potential …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on biofuel and biochemical production by photosynthetic microorganisms with understanding of the metabolism and by metabolic engineering …

D Sarkar, K Shimizu - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2015 - Springer
Biofuel and biochemical production by photosynthetic microorganisms such as
cyanobacteria and algae is attractive to improve energy security and to reduce CO 2 …

Immobilization of photosynthetic microorganisms for efficient hydrogen production

A Tsygankov, S Kosourov - Microbial bioenergy: hydrogen production, 2014 - Springer
The immobilization is a process of catalyst (cells) attachment to the matrix. It separates
effectively the cells from the liquid and gas phases, allowing a significant increase in the …