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Author(s): Santos, FM
Pires, JCM
Title: Nutrient recovery from wastewaters by microalgae and its potential application as bio-char
Issue Date: 2018
Abstract: The intensive agricultural practices are increasing the demand for chemical fertilizers, being currently produced from a non-environmental friendly way. Besides the environmental impacts, the nutrient uptake efficiency by the crops is very low, representing huge losses into the fields. Therefore, it is crucial to study alternatives for the current chemical fertilizers, which simultaneous improve nutrient efficiency and minimize environmental impacts. A sustainable solution is to recover nutrients from wastewater streams with microalgal cultures and the biomass conversion into bio-char for soil amendment. Wastewaters are loaded with nitrogen and phosphorus and can be used as culture medium for microalgae. Thus, nutrients can be recycled, reducing the requirement of chemical fertilizers. This paper aims to review nutrient recovery from wastewater using microalgae and the biomass conversion into bio-char. This process promotes nutrient recycling and the bio-char (when added to soil) improves the nutrient uptake efficiency by crops.
Subject: Ciências Tecnológicas, Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias
Technological sciences, Engineering and technology
Scientific areas: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias
Engineering and technology
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/116110
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Investigador FCT/IF/01341/2015/Configurações de fotobiorreatores para cultivo de microalgas: modelação de bioprocessos e avaliação de sustentabilidade/IF/01341/2015
Document Type: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
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