Perspectives on the feasibility of using microalgae for industrial wastewater treatment

Wang, Yue; Ho, Shih‐Hsin; Cheng, Chung-Wei; Guo, Wenjuan; Nagarajan, Dillirani; Ren, Nan Qi; Lee, Dong Hoon; Chang, Jo Shu

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2016.09.106

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“…In recent years, there is a growing research interest in utilizing algae-based technologies in wastewater treatment (Abinandan and Shanthakumar 2015;Wang et al 2016b;Wu et al 2012). Nutrients from wastewater are assimilated into algae biomass for their growth, which can be harvested and used as a biofertilizer Hwang et al 2016).…”

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“…Removal of heavy metals from wastewater by algae and algae-bacteria consortia has been demonstrated with the involvement of surface sorption, bioaccumulation, and precipitation (Zeraatkar et al 2016). Removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) using algae based technologies can reduce the energy input via O 2 provided by photosynthetic oxygenation (Muñoz and Guieysse 2006;Wang et al 2016b). Due to the emerging concern on PPCPs and the merit of algae-based technologies, related works are increasingly reported over the past decades.…”

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“…Therefore, it is possible that algae and algae-bacteria consortia can be adversely affected by high PPCP residues in wastewater. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol (2017) 16:717-735 719 Other than PPCPs, heavy metals, ammonium, COD, and other organic contaminants can also inhibit algae when their concentrations in wastewater are higher enough (Muñoz and Guieysse 2006;Wang et al 2016b). Resistant strains or algae-bacterial consortia in the form of biofilm can be used to mitigate the adverse effects of toxic contaminants in wastewater (Pittman et al 2011), but the tolerance of algae is limited.…”

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Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from wastewater using algae-based technologies: a review

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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) consist of a variety of compounds extensively used for the treatment of human and animal diseases and for health or cosmetic reasons. PPCPs are considered as emerging environmental contaminants due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment and high environmental risks. In wastewater treatment plants using conventional activated sludge processes, many PPCPs cannot be efficiently removed. Therefore, there is an increasing need for more effective and cost-efficiency ways of removing PPCPs while treating wastewater. Algae-based technologies have recently attracted growing attentions for their potential application in wastewater treatment and hazardous contaminant removal, which are advantages in reducing operation cost while generating valuable products and sequestrating greenhouse gases at the same time. This work reviews the up-to date researches to reveal potential toxic effects of PPCPs on algae and algae-bacteria consortia, identify mechanisms involved in PPCP removal, and assess the fate of PPCPs in algae-based treatment systems. Current researches suggest that algae and algae-bacteria consortia have great potentials in PPCP removal but more works are required before algae-based technologies can be implemented in large scales. Knowledge gaps are identified and further research focuses are proposed in this review.

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Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from wastewater using algae-based technologies: a review

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Liu

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“…Especies como Chlorella, Scenedesmus, y algunas cianobacterias son las más empleadas debido a su alta velocidad de crecimiento, alta tolerancia al medio ambiente y su alto potencial de acumulación de lípidos/ almidón (14,19). Por otro lado, Chlorella sp., es ampliamente aplicada en el tratamiento de agua residual debido a su mejor capacidad para remover nitrógeno, fósforo y demanda química de oxígeno (DQO) (20).…”

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“…Species like Chlorella, Scenedesmus, and some cianobacterias are the most used because their high growing speed, high tolerance to environment and their high capacity of amassing lipids/starch (14,19). On the other side, Chlorella sp., is widely used in wastewater treatments because of its better capacity of nitrogen, phosphorus removal and chemical oxygen demand (COD) (20).…”

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Decoloración de aguas residuales de una industria de pinturas por la microalga Chlorella sp

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Objective. Decoloring wastewater from a paint factory making use of Chlorella sp., microalgae as a biological way of treatment. Materials and methods. Samples of this microalgae previously cultivated with nourishing fertilizer under photoperiods of light and darkness were taken to test the microalgae Chlorella sp., initial concentration effect in the bioremoval process. For this purpose, it was cultivated in 0.10, 0.20 and 0.30 units of absorbance in bioreactors with 200 mL wastewater with and without nutrients. The biotest with the best rate of colour removal was chosen and the DBO5 and DQO were marked out. The immobilized Chlorella sp., in kappa carrageenan was also tested. Results. In the tests colour decrease percentage were 81.7, 69.7 and 58.3% without nutrients in the initial concentrations of 0.10, 0.20 and 0.30 units of absorbance respectively and 72.6, 69.0 and 86.8% for 0.10, 0.20 and 0.30 units of absorbance with nutrients respectively in the day of maximum growth. The immobilized microalgae score were 72.60% and 78.36% of color removal for 0.4 and 1.6 units of absorbance respectively. The higher colour removal test score was that with nutrients at 0.30 units of absorbance with several changes in DBO5 and DQO values. Conclusion. The biological wastewater treatment making use of Chlorella sp., microalgae can be considered as an effective choice in decolorating wastewater.

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Application of Microorganisms in Bioremediation

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2021

Bioprospecting of Microorganism‐Based Industrial Molecules

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Perspectives on the feasibility of using microalgae for industrial wastewater treatment

Cited by 387 publications

References 93 publications

Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from wastewater using algae-based technologies: a review

Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from wastewater using algae-based technologies: a review

Decoloración de aguas residuales de una industria de pinturas por la microalga Chlorella sp

Application of Microorganisms in Bioremediation

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