Integrated Wastewater Management and Valorization using Algal Cultures

Addresses integrated waste management, biomass, bioenergy and value-added product generation by algal cultures to address the challenges of linear economies

Goksel N. Demirer (Edited by), Sibel Uludag-Demirer (Edited by)

9780323858595, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 25 March 2022

288 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.61 kg

Integrated Wastewater Management and Valorization using Algal Cultures provides a holistic view on coupled wastewater treatment and biomass production for energy and value-added products using algal cultures. Algal cultures provide low-cost nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) treatment and recovery from wastewaters, carbon-dioxide sequestration from waste gases, value-added generation in the form of bio-energy and bio-based chemicals, biosorption of heavy metals and biogas upgrading. The book addresses all these aspects in terms of role of algal cultures in environmental sustainability and circular economy. The production of high value products is addressed through pretreatment and anaerobic co-digestion of wastewater-derived microalgal biomass and microalgal biorefineries. The simultaneous dissolution and uptake of nutrients in microalgal treatment of anaerobic digestate is discussed, as is coupled electrocoagulation and algal cultivation for the treatment of anaerobic digestate and algal biomass production. Finally, optimization of algal biomass production is discussed using metagenomics and machine learning tools, and scale-up potential and the limitations of integrated wastewater-derived microalgal biorefineries is discussed.

1. Role of Microalgae in Circular Economy
2. Recent Advancements in Algae-Bacteria Consortia for the Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater
3. Integrated Algal-based Sewage Treatment and Resource Recovery (STaRR) System
4. Microalgae-based technologies for circular wastewater treatment
5. Treatment of Anaerobic Digestion Effluents by Microalgal Cultures
6. Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of algal cultivation on liquid anaerobic digestion effluent for algal biomass production and wastewater treatment
7. Biomethane Production from Algae Biomass
8. Anaerobic Digester Biogas Upgrading Using Microalgae
9. Large scale demonstration of microalgae-based wastewater biorefineries
10. Cultivation of Microalgae on Agricultural Wastewater for Recycling Energy, Water and Fertilizer Nutrients

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]