Production and growth of microalgae in urine and wastewater: A review

Issues of climate change, energy demand, and natural resources depletion are calling for circular methods to produce value-added products such as biomass, biofuel, biofertilizers, and nutraceuticals from waste. For instance, culturing photoautotrophic microalgae in wastewater and urine appears promi...

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Published inEnvironmental chemistry letters Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 2789 - 2823
Main Authors Siddiqui, Shahida Anusha, Wu, Yuan Seng, Saikia, Trideep, Ucak, İlknur, Afreen, Maliha, Shah, Mohd Asif, Ayivi, Raphael D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Algae
Alternative energy
Ammonium nitrogen
Analytical Chemistry
Aquatic microorganisms
Biodiesel fuels
Biofertilizers
Biofuels
Biomass
Climate change
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Fertilizers
Functional foods & nutraceuticals
Geochemistry
Life sciences
Microalgae
Natural resources
Nitrogen
Nutrients
Phosphorus
Photobioreactors
Phytoplankton
Pollution
Production methods
R&D
Research & development
Review Article
Urine
Wastewater treatment
Water treatment
Microalgae production
Urine treatment
Environment
Wastewater
Nutrient recovery
Photobioreactor
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Summary:Issues of climate change, energy demand, and natural resources depletion are calling for circular methods to produce value-added products such as biomass, biofuel, biofertilizers, and nutraceuticals from waste. For instance, culturing photoautotrophic microalgae in wastewater and urine appears promising to recycle nutrients from waste. Here we review microalgal production with focus on wastewater treatment and urine utilization. We present photobioreactors, parameters influencing algal growth, economical aspects, and limitations from consumer acceptance.
ISSN:1610-3653
1610-3661
DOI:10.1007/s10311-023-01622-1