Valorization of algal cells for biomass and bioenergy production from wastewater: sustainable strategies, challenges, and techno-economic limitations

A Tawfik, H Niaz, K Qadeer, MA Qyyum, JJ Liu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae-based technologies mitigate the adverse impact of greenhouse gases (GHGs)
by facilitating CO 2 consumption. The pollutants in wastewater can be efficiently utilized for …

Wastewater based microalgal biorefinery for bioenergy production: Progress and challenges

SK Bhatia, S Mehariya, RK Bhatia, M Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater is very important to protect
downstream users from health risks and meet the freshwater demand of the ever-increasing …

Environment-enhancing algal biofuel production using wastewaters

W Zhou, P Chen, M Min, X Ma, J Wang, R Griffith… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The potential of algae-based biofuels to replace petroleum fuels and mitigate greenhouse
gas production through microalgal photosynthesis has long been recognized. However …

Biological approaches integrating algae and bacteria for the degradation of wastewater contaminants—A review

MM Mathew, K Khatana, V Vats, R Dhanker… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The traditional approach for biodegradation of organic matter in sewage treatment used a
consortium of bacterial spp. that produce untreated or partially treated inorganic …

Algal-based biofuel generation through flue gas and wastewater utilization: a sustainable prospective approach

R Kothari, S Ahmad, VV Pathak, A Pandey… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
Increasing concern towards climate change and water conservation has attracted wide
attention of researchers to explore the biological carbon fixation and wastewater treatment …

The potential of sustainable algal biofuel production using wastewater resources

JK Pittman, AP Dean, O Osundeko - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The potential of microalgae as a source of renewable energy has received considerable
interest, but if microalgal biofuel production is to be economically viable and sustainable …

[PDF][PDF] Review on challenges and limitations for algae-based wastewater treatment

A Lavrinovičs, T Juhna - Constr. Sci, 2017 - academia.edu
Microalgae biomass production is recognized as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative
to currently used approaches to tertiary wastewater treatment. However, such limitations, as …

Nutrient removal and biomass production: advances in microalgal biotechnology for wastewater treatment

S Abinandan, SR Subashchandrabose… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Owing to certain drawbacks, such as energy-intensive operations in conventional modes of
wastewater treatment (WWT), there has been an extensive search for alternative strategies …

Use of microalgae for advanced wastewater treatment and sustainable bioenergy generation

JH Hwang, J Church, SJ Lee, J Park… - Environmental …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Given that sustainable energy production and advanced wastewater treatment for producing
clean water are two major challenges faced by modern society, microalgae make a …

Algal-based system for removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater: A review

R Gondi, S Kavitha, RY Kannah, OP Karthikeyan… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bioremediation of emerging pollutants in wastewater via algal biotechnology has been
emerging as a cost-effective and low-energy input technological solution. However, the algal …