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Immobilized Algal Technology for Wastewater Treatment Purposes

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Wastewater Treatment with Algae

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This chapter comprises a brief review of the current literature dealing with the I use of immobilized algae for wastewater treatment purposes, together with results from some of our own experimental studies on immobilized Chlorella emersonii for the removal of phosphate-phosphorus (PO4-P) from waste waters. The intention of including these results is to highlight some of the practical advantages of using immobilized systems, and also to introduce some of the problems and limitations of such systems at the laboratory scale. Consideration of the scale-up of such processes is also included.

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  1. Research Centre, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Yuk-Shan Wong

  2. Department of Biology and Chemistry, The City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Nora F. Y. Tam

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Robinson, P.K. (1998). Immobilized Algal Technology for Wastewater Treatment Purposes. In: Wong, YS., Tam, N.F.Y. (eds) Wastewater Treatment with Algae. Biotechnology Intelligence Unit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10863-5_1

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