José A. Perales

TL;DR: This review highlights recently published results on the effect of LEDs on microalgal physiology and biochemistry and how this knowledge can be applied in selecting different LEDs with specific technical properties for regulating biomass production by microalgae belonging to diverse taxonomic groups.

TL;DR: In both culture media, the Bloom (Bl) and Scenedesmus (Sc) showed higher final biomass concentration (dried weight, dw) than the other species; the maximum yield obtained was 1950 ± 243 mg L(-1) for Bl and the minimum 821 ±-88 mg-L(- 1) for Cv, both in synthetic wastewater.

TL;DR: The streams from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) have been considered a valuable medium for mass cultivation of algal biomass and the results showed biomass yields ranging from 39 to 195mg dry-weightl(-1)days(-1).

TL;DR: The efficiency of the microalgae technology removing PhACs was found to be comparable to that used in conventional WWTPs, and shows the potential of HRAP technology for wastewater treatment as an alternative (or addition as tertiary treatment) to more conventional approaches based on activated sludge.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the performance of high rate alga pond (HRAP) and tubular photobioreactor (TPBR) for removing nitrogen and phosphorous from the effluent of an urban wastewater treatment plant while generating a valuable biomass.