Premium
Recycling Nutrients in Algae Biorefinery
Author(s) -
Garcia Alba Laura,
Vos Mathijs P.,
Torri Cristian,
Fabbri Daniele,
Kersten Sascha R. A.,
Brilman Derk W. F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201200988
Subject(s) - biorefinery , algae , nutrient , environmental science , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biochemical engineering , botany , biology , biofuel , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering , organic chemistry
Algal fuel cells: Repeated nutrient recycling is demonstrated by reusing the aqueous phase obtained from the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of microalgae. This is achieved, for the first time, by performing a complete set of four continuous growth–HTL cycles. Results show similar growth rates in each cycle, the potential of nutrient reduction, as well as cell morphology changes. This study demonstrates progress towards the standalone operation of algae biorefineries.