Artigo Publicado em Periódico
Comparing the use of different domestic wastewaters for coupling microalgal production and nutrient removal
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2013Registro en:
0960-8524
v. 131
Autor
Cabanelas, Iago Teles Dominguez
Ruiz, Jésus
Arbib, Zouhayr
Chinalia, Fábio Alexandre
Garrido-Pérez, Carmen
Rogalla, Frank
Nascimento, Iracema Andrade
Perales, José A.
Cabanelas, Iago Teles Dominguez
Ruiz, Jésus
Arbib, Zouhayr
Chinalia, Fábio Alexandre
Garrido-Pérez, Carmen
Rogalla, Frank
Nascimento, Iracema Andrade
Perales, José A.
Institución
Resumen
The streams from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) have been considered a valuable
medium for mass cultivation of algal biomass. The aim of this work is to test and compare the performance
of Chlorella vulgaris on several streams from five stages, from two different WWTP. The results
showed biomass yields ranging from 39 to 195 mg dry-weight l 1 days 1. The best performance as biomass
production was obtained with the centrate (effluent from drying the anaerobic sludge). After testing
a wide range of N/P ratios with centrate, the highest productivity and growth rates were obtained with
the original N/P ratio (2.0) of this stream. The highest removal rates were of 9.8 (N) and 3.0 (P) mg l 1 -
days 1, in the centrate. Finally, this research also suggests that microalgal production seems to be a
promising process when coupled to wastewater treatment.