Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue -, Pages 276-284Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.004
Keywords
Microalgae; Emerging contaminants; Acetaminophen; Salicylic acid; Coagulation-flocculation
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Educations, Culture and Sports [FPU12/03073]
- University of Leon [ULE-2014]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, State Secretariat for Research, Development and Innovation [RYC-2010-05634]
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This work aimed to study both the removal of nutrients and pharmaceuticals, namely salicylic acid or paracetamol, from water by the culture of Chlorella sorokiniana. The removal of nutrients was nearly complete at the end of the batch culture; above 70% for nitrates and 89% for phosphates in the semicontinuous culture. The pharmaceuticals removal kinetics were 2.3 times greater for the salicylic acid than paracetamol, reaching volumetric efficiencies above 93% for salicylic acid in the semicontinuous culture. Finally, to separate the microalgae biomass from treated water, metal salts, synthetic polyelectrolytes and a biopolymer were tested as coagulants-flocculants. The best flocculation results were achieved with AlCl3 (95.23% with 200 mg g(-1), 1 min incubation time). However, given that resulting flocs had different characteristics, flocculants must be chosen on the basis of the subsequent use of the biomass. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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