title: Cadmium removal using Cladophora in batch, semi-batch and flow reactors.
abstract: This study presents the results of using viable algae to remove cadmium from a synthetic wastewater. In batch and semi-batch tests, a local strain of Cladophora algae removed 80-94% of the cadmium introduced. The flow experiments that followed were conducted using non-local Cladophora parriaudii. Results showed that the alga removed only 12.7(+/-6.4)% of the cadmium introduced into the reactor. Limited removal was the result of insufficient algal quantities and poor contact between the algae and cadmium solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota at Duluth, 55812, USA. ssternbe@d.umn.edu
authors.forename: Steven P K
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sternberg
authors.forename: Ryan W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Dorn
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002104:Cadmium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002104:Cadmium