Progress and challenges of contaminate removal from wastewater using microalgae biomass

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, TA Parisa, N Islam, F Kusumo… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of microalgae in treating wastewater has been an emerging topic focussed on
finding an economically sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to treating …

Photobioreactor configurations in cultivating microalgae biomass for biorefinery

R Barboza-Rodríguez, RM Rodríguez-Jasso… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microalgae, highly prized for their protein, lipid, carbohydrate, phycocyanin, and carotenoid-
rich biomass, have garnered significant industrial attention in the context of third-generation …

Wastewater treatment using microalgae: how realistic a contribution might it be to significant urban wastewater treatment?

FG Acién, C Gómez-Serrano… - Applied microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Microalgae have been proposed as an option for wastewater treatment since the 1960s, but
still, this technology has not been expanded to an industrial scale. In this paper, the major …

Industrial production of spirulina as a protein source for bioactive peptide generation

T Lafarga, A Sánchez-Zurano, S Villaró… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Enzymatic hydrolysates containing peptides with biological activity are being
studied as potential novel ingredients in functional foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals …

Recovery of nutrients from wastewaters using microalgae

FG Acién Fernández, C Gómez-Serrano… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In this chapter the relevance of microalgae-based processes for the recovery of nutrients
contained in wastewaters is reviewed. The fundamentals of the process are discussed from …

Insights about fungus-microalgae symbiotic system in microalgae harvesting and wastewater treatment: A review

J Wang, Q Tian, W Zeng, G Qiu, L Shen - Renewable and sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae can provide a wide range of adsorption groups and have remarkable effects on
pollutant removal owing to the presence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with …

A comparative life cycle assessment of microalgae production by CO2 sequestration from flue gas in outdoor raceway ponds under batch and semi-continuous regime

G Yadav, BK Dubey, R Sen - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
To be a sustainable energy source, a microalgal cultivation model should address important
environmental challenges for its large-scale implementation. In this work, the performance of …

Life cycle assessment of high rate algal ponds for wastewater treatment and resource recovery

LT Arashiro, N Montero, I Ferrer, FG Acién… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with high
rate algal ponds (HRAP) systems for wastewater treatment and resource recovery in small …

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 …

Growth of Scenedesmus obliquus in anaerobically digested swine wastewater from different cleaning processes for pollutants removal and biomass production

XB Tan, ZY Zhao, H Gong, T Jiang, XP Liu, JY Liao… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobically digested swine wastewater (ASW) purification by microalgae provides a
promising strategy for nutrients recovery, biomass production and CO 2 capture. However …