| Literature DB >> 28651870 |
Junzhuo Liu1, Yonghong Wu2, Chenxi Wu3, Koenraad Muylaert4, Wim Vyverman5, Han-Qing Yu6, Raúl Muñoz7, Bruce Rittmann8.
Abstract
Innovative and cost-effective technologies for advanced nutrient removal from surface water are urgently needed for improving water quality. Conventional biotechnologies, such as ecological floating beds, or constructed wetlands, are not effective in removing nutrients present at low-concentration. However, microalgae-bacteria consortium is promising for advanced nutrient removal from wastewater. Suspended algal-bacterial systems can easily wash out unless the hydraulic retention time is long, attached microalgae-bacteria consortium is more realistic. This critical review summarizes the fundamentals and status of attached microalgae-bacteria consortium for advanced nutrient removal from surface water. Key advantages are the various nutrient removal pathways, reduction of nutrients to very low concentration, and diversified photobioreactor configurations. Challenges include poor identification of functional species, poor control of the community composition, and long start-up times. Future research should focus on the selection and engineering of robust microbial species, mathematical modelling of the composition and functionality of the consortium, and novel photobioreactor configurations.Entities:
Keywords: Advanced nutrient removal; Attached microalgae-bacteria symbiosis; Biofilm photobioreactor; Surface water
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28651870 DOI： 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.054
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioresour Technol ISSN： 0960-8524 Impact factor: 9.642