Current practices and challenges in using microalgae for treatment of nutrient rich wastewater from agro-based industries

S Gupta, SB Pawar, RA Pandey - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Considerable research activities are underway involving microalgae species in order to treat
industrial wastewater to address the waste-to-bioenergy economy. Several studies of …

Microalgae-based biorefineries: Challenges and future trends to produce carbohydrate enriched biomass, high-added value products and bioactive compounds

EJ Olguín, G Sánchez-Galván, II Arias-Olguín, FJ Melo… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microalgae-based biorefineries allow the simultaneous production of
microalgae biomass enriched in a particular macromolecule and high-added and low-value …

Recent advances on food waste pretreatment technology via microalgae for source of polyhydroxyalkanoates

JWR Chong, GY Yew, KS Khoo, SH Ho… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable and biocompatible polyester which are
biosynthesized from the intracellular cells of microalgae through the cultivation of organic …

Vinasse from sugarcane ethanol production: better treatment or better utilization?

CE Rodrigues Reis, B Hu - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ethanol production from sugarcane in Brazil is a well-established industry, with relatively
simple operations and high yield. The ethanol primarily serves as a renewable fuel blending …

Cultivation of microalgae using anaerobically digested effluent from kitchen waste as a nutrient source for biodiesel production

L Zhang, J Cheng, H Pei, J Pan, L Jiang, Q Hou… - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobically digested effluent from kitchen waste (ADE-KW) is a potential medium for
microalgae cultivation because it contains abundant nutrients. In this study, ADE-KW was …

Bioremediation and biomass production of microalgae cultivation in river water contaminated with pharmaceutical effluent

A Singh, SB Ummalyma, D Sahoo - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the potential of microalgae of Chlorella sp., SL7A, Chlorococcum sp.,
SL7B and Neochloris sp., SK57 cultivated in river water contaminated with pharmaceutical …

[HTML][HTML] Valorising nutrient-rich digestate: Dilution, settlement and membrane filtration processing for optimisation as a waste-based media for microalgal cultivation

F Fernandes, A Silkina, C Fuentes-Grünewald… - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Digestate produced from the anaerobic digestion of food and farm waste is primarily
returned to land as a biofertiliser for crops, with its potential to generate value through …

Microalgae cultivation on nutrient rich digestate: the importance of strain and digestate tailoring under PH control

F Fernandes, A Silkina, JI Gayo-Peláez, RV Kapoore… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The bioremediation of digestate using microalgae presents a solution to the current
eutrophication issue in Northwest Europe, where the use of digestate as soil fertiliser is …

Nutrients and COD removal of swine wastewater with an isolated microalgal strain Neochloris aquatica CL-M1 accumulating high carbohydrate content used for …

Y Wang, SH Ho, CL Cheng, D Nagarajan, WQ Guo… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a carbohydrate-rich microalga Neochloris aquatica CL-M1 was adapted to
grow in swine wastewater. The effects of cultivation conditions (ie, temperature, light …

Effects of temperature, pH, and C/N ratio of sugarcane wastewater processing (vinasse) on Phormidium autumnale heterotrophic cultivation

TG Visentin, BM Guimarães, RG Bastos - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Agro-industrial wastewater treatment processes using microalgae have been attractive due
to high commercial-value biomass obtainment and contaminant removal efficiency …