Advances in technological control of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater in the context of circular economy

RR Pahunang, A Buonerba, V Senatore, G Oliva… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review paper aims to identify the main sources of carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions from
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and highlights the technologies developed for CO 2 …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates bioproduction from bench to industry: thirty years of development towards sustainability

PA Diankristanti, YC Lin, YC Yi, IS Ng - Bioresource technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The pursuit of carbon neutrality goals has sparked considerable interest in expanding
bioplastics production from microbial cell factories. One prominent class of bioplastics …

Fate of priority pharmaceuticals and their main metabolites and transformation products in microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems

MJ García-Galán, L Arashiro, LH Santos, S Insa… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study evaluates the removal capacity of two high rate algae ponds (HRAPs) to
eliminate 12 pharmaceuticals (PhACs) and 26 of their corresponding main metabolites and …

[HTML][HTML] CO2 favors the lipid and biodiesel production of microalgal-bacterial granular sludge

B Cui, C Liu, H Rong, S Luo, D Guo, B Ji - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgal-bacterial granular sludge (MBGS) serves as an environmentally friendly
wastewater treatment technology with CO 2 capture potential. Accordingly, this study …

Enhancing sustainability through microalgae cultivation in urban wastewater for biostimulant production and nutrient recovery

A Álvarez-González, EG de Morais… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae can produce biostimulants in form of phytohormones, which are compounds that,
even if applied in low concentrations, can have stimulant effects on plants growth and can …

Free ammonia inhibition in microalgae and cyanobacteria grown in wastewaters: Photo-respirometric evaluation and modelling

S Rossi, R Díez-Montero, E Rueda, FC Cascino… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The inhibitory effects of free ammonia (FA) on microalgae/cyanobacteria in wastewater-
treating photobioreactors (PBR) can strongly reduce their treatment efficiency, increasing the …

Microalgae-based bioremediation of water contaminated by pesticides in peri-urban agricultural areas

MJ García-Galán, LS Monllor-Alcaraz, C Postigo… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the capacity of a semi-closed, tubular horizontal
photobioreactor (PBR) to remove pesticides from agricultural run-off. The study was carried …

Removal mechanisms of phosphorus in non-aerated microalgal-bacterial granular sludge process

B Ji, M Zhang, L Wang, S Wang, Y Liu - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgal-bacterial granular sludge processes are attracting increasing research interest in
fields of biological municipal wastewater treatment. However, these processes currently …

[HTML][HTML] Production of phycobiliproteins, bioplastics and lipids by the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. treating secondary effluent in a biorefinery approach

V Senatore, E Rueda, M Bellver, R Díez-Montero… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria have been identified as promising organisms to reuse nutrients from waste
effluents and produce valuable compounds such as lipids, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) …

Bioremediation of agricultural runoff and biopolymers production from cyanobacteria cultured in demonstrative full-scale photobioreactors

E Rueda, MJ García-Galán, A Ortiz, E Uggetti… - Process Safety and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work evaluated polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and carbohydrates production by
wastewater borne cyanobacteria at demonstrative-scale (three photobioreactors (PBR) of …