Life cycle assessment of microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery: Natural pigments, biofertilizer and biogas

LT Arashiro, I Josa, I Ferrer, SWH Van Hulle… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with
microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery. In this sense, a Life …

Social life cycle assessment of microalgae-based systems for wastewater treatment and resource recovery

I Josa, M Garfí - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the social impacts of microalgae-based systems for
wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery by using the Social Life Cycle Assessment …

Potential use of algae for the bioremediation of different types of wastewater and contaminants: Production of bioproducts and biofuel for green circular economy

MYD Alazaiza, A Albahnasawi, Z Ahmad… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Remediation by algae is a very effective strategy for avoiding the use of costly,
environmentally harmful chemicals in wastewater treatment. Recently, industries based on …

[HTML][HTML] A review about microalgae wastewater treatment for bioremediation and biomass production—a new challenge for Europe

E Geremia, M Ripa, CM Catone, S Ulgiati - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microalgae have received much attention in the last few years. Their use is being extended
to different fields of application and technologies, such as food, animal feed, and production …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated approach for wastewater treatment and biofuel production in microalgae biorefineries

S Mehariya, RK Goswami, P Verma, R Lavecchia… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing world population generates huge amounts of wastewater as well as large
energy demand. Additionally, fossil fuel's combustion for energy production causes the …

Microalgae and wastewater treatment: advantages and disadvantages

B Molinuevo-Salces, B Riaño, D Hernández… - … for development of …, 2019 - Springer
Wastewater generation has concomitantly increased with the growth of world human
population in the last century. The uncontrolled discharge of wastewater may result in …

Valorization of wastewater through microalgae as a prospect for generation of biofuel and high-value products

N Kumar, C Banerjee, JS Chang, P Shukla - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution and freshwater crisis are the main pushing forces for upgrading new
insights in wastewater treatment. Wastewater generated from different sources is an …

Agro-industrial wastewater-grown microalgae: A techno-environmental assessment of open and closed systems

IB Magalhães, J Ferreira, J de Siqueira Castro… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae-based treatment can be applied to the bioremediation of agro-industrial
wastewater, aiming at a circular economy approach. The present work compared the …

Microalgae based wastewater treatment coupled to the production of high value agricultural products: Current needs and challenges

A Morillas-España, T Lafarga, A Sánchez-Zurano… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the main social and economic challenges of the 21st century will be to overcome the
worlds' water deficit expected by the end of this decade. Microalgae based wastewater …

Microalgal cultivation in open and closed systems under a tropical climate: A life cycle comparison

L de Oliveira Prado, HR Bolzani… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae can grow in different cultivation media, including domestic sewage, and have
been used in several applications, including as biofertilizer in agriculture. Since microalgae …