Cyanobacterial PHA production—review of recent advances and a summary of three years' working experience running a pilot plant

C Troschl, K Meixner, B Drosg - Bioengineering, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria, as photoautotrophic organisms, provide the opportunity to convert CO2 to
biomass with light as the sole energy source. Like many other prokaryotes, especially under …

How to optimise photosynthetic biogas upgrading: a perspective on system design and microalgae selection

A Bose, R Lin, K Rajendran, R O'Shea, A Xia… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic biogas upgrading using microalgae provides a promising alternative to
commercial upgrading processes as it allows for carbon capture and re-use, improving the …

Impact of CO2 concentration and ambient conditions on microalgal growth and nutrient removal from wastewater by a photobioreactor

F Almomani, A Al Ketife, S Judd, M Shurair… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentration and the release of nutrients from
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are environmental issues linked to several impacts on …

Intergraded wastewater treatment and carbon bio-fixation from flue gases using Spirulina platensis and mixed algal culture

F Almomani, S Judd, RR Bhosale, M Shurair… - Process Safety and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, Spirulina platensis (SP. PL) and mixed algal culture (MX) were used as an
economical treatment technology to solve dual environmental issues related to carbon …

Bio-fixation of flue gas from thermal power plants with algal biomass: Overview and research perspectives

HM Singh, R Kothari, R Gupta, VV Tyagi - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rate of energy production is reflecting growth of nations and most of energy produced from
the coal and natural gas-based thermal power plants (TPPs). Flue gas (point sources of …

Assessment and modeling of microalgae growth considering the effects OF CO2, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon and solar irradiation

FA Almomani - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study assesses and models the growth of microalgae during the combined
processes of concurrent eliminations of CO 2 from off-gas and nutrients from wastewater …

Developing pretreatment methods to promote the production of biopolymer and bioethanol from residual algal biomass (RAB)

F AlMomani, M Shawaqfah, M Alsarayreh, M Khraisheh… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of acidic pretreatment (HT-ACPT), enzymatic pretreatment
(ENZ-PT), and microwave laser-hydrogen peroxide-Fe-nanoparticle pretreatment (Mv-H 2 O …

Harvesting of intact microalgae in single and sequential conditioning steps by chemical and biological based–flocculants: Effect on harvesting efficiency, water …

M Shurair, F Almomani, R Bhosale, M Khraisheh… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quick algae harvesting methodologies relating optimum flocculent dose (D Opt.),
percentage harvesting efficiency (% HE) and percentage water recovery (% W Recovery) to …

Kinetic modeling of microalgae growth and CO2 bio-fixation using central composite design statistical approach

F Almomani - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The optimum growth (μ), CO 2 bio-fixation (R CO 2) rates and the energy ratio (ER) of
microalgae Chlorella vulgaris (Cv) were identified using central composite design statistical …

Evaluation of distillery wastewater treatability in a customized photobioreactor using blue-green microalgae–Laboratory and outdoor study

S Krishnamoorthy, P Manickam… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Treatability of anaerobically digested distillery wastewater is challenging because of its high
pollution load of COD up to 40,000 ppm. This research investigates the possibilities of …