Microalgae bioreactor for nutrient removal and resource recovery from wastewater in the paradigm of circular economy.

Autor: Díaz V; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain., Leyva-Díaz JC; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain; Institute of Water Research, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: jcleyva@ugr.es., Almécija MC; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain., Poyatos JM; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain; Institute of Water Research, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain., Del Mar Muñío M; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain., Martín-Pascual J; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain; Institute of Water Research, University of Granada 18071, Granada, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bioresource technology [Bioresour Technol] 2022 Nov; Vol. 363, pp. 127968. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127968
Abstrakt: Every day, large quantities of wastewater are discharged from various sources that could be reused. Wastewater contains nutrients such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which can be recovered. Microalgae-based technologies have attracted attention in this sector, as they are able to bioremediate wastewater, harnessing its nutrients and generating algal biomass useful for different downstream uses, as well as having other advantages. There are multiple species of microalgae capable of growing in wastewater, achieving nutrient removal efficiencies surpassing 70%. On the other hand, microalgae contain lipids that can be extracted for energy recovery in biodiesel. Currently, there are several methods of lipid extraction from microalgae. Other biofuels can also be obtained from microalgae biomass, such as bioethanol, biohydrogen or biogas. This review also provides information on bioenergy products and products in the agri-food industry as well as in the field of human health based on microalgae biomass within the concept of circular bioeconomy.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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