Nitrate removal from liquid effluents using microalgae immobilized on chitosan nanofiber mats

Ela Eroglu; Vipul Agarwal; Michael Bradshaw; Xianjue Chen; Steven Smith; Colin Raston; K Iyer

doi:10.1039/c2gc35970g

Nitrate removal from liquid effluents using microalgae immobilized on chitosan nanofiber mats

Ela Eroglu, Vipul Agarwal, Michael Bradshaw, Xianjue Chen, Steven Smith, Colin Raston, K Iyer

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Mats of electrospun chitosan nanofibers were found effective in immobilizing microalgal cells. These immobilized microalgal cells were also used as a durable model system for wastewater treatment which has been demonstrated by the removal of around 87% nitrate from liquid effluents ([NO₃ ^--N]_initial 30 mg L^-1). Virtuous nitrate removal rates were derived by superimposing physicochemical adsorption and biological nutrient consumption phenomena for chitosan and microalgae, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2682-2685
Number of pages	4
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	14
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2gc35970g
Publication status	Published - Oct 2012

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