title: Nitrogen and phosphate removal from wastewater with a mixed microalgae and bacteria culture.
abstract: Microalgae are able to convert nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) from wastewater into biomass and bio-products, thus improving the sustainability of wastewater treatment. In High Rate Algal Ponds (HRAP), biomass productivity and water treatment efficiency are highly dependent on environmental parameters such as temperature, light intensity and photoperiod. The influence of temperature and photoperiod on biomass productivity and the removal of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus from municipal wastewater by a native microalgae-bacteria consortium was assessed in batch cultures in view of the development of an HRAP at a larger scale. Temperature affected the growth rate and microalgae biomass production as well as ammonium and phosphate removal rates. At the temperatures 15 and 25 °C, the average total nitrogen and phosphorus removal extents ranged from 72 to 83% and 100% respectively. Additionally 33.0 ± 0.1% of the total nitrogen was eliminated by stripping at 25 °C, and 50 ± 2% was assimilated by the microorganisms under all conditions tested.
authors.affiliation: ECONOVING, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France; University of Ibague, Colombia.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delgadillo-Mirquez
authors.affiliation: CentraleSupelec, Université Paris Saclay, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295, France.
authors.forename: Filipa
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: CentraleSupelec, Université Paris Saclay, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295, France.
authors.forename: Behnam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taidi
authors.affiliation: CentraleSupelec, Université Paris Saclay, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295, France.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pareau
keywords: Chlorophyll; Nitrification; Nutrient removal; Phytodepuration; Stripping