Coupling of Algal Biofuel Production with Wastewater

Table 1

Biomass and lipid productivities of microalgae grown in different wastewater resources.

Microalgae species	Wastewater type	Biomass productivity; (mg L^−1 d^−1)	Lipid content; (% DW)	Lipid productivity; (mg L^−1 d^−1)	Reference
Chlorella  pyrenoidosa	Activated sludge extract	11.55	NA	NA	[28]
Chlorella  pyrenoidosa	Digested sludge; Extract	51.82	NA	NA	[28]
Chlorella  pyrenoidosa	Settled sewage	275	NA	NA	[29, 30]
Chlorella  pyrenoidosa  and  Scenedesmus  sp.	Activated sewage	92.31	NA	NA	[29, 30]
Botryococcus  braunii	Secondarily treated sewage	35.00	NA	NA	[31]
Scenedesmus  sp.	Artificial; Wastewater	126.54	12.80	16.2	[32]
Polyculture  of  Chlorella  sp., Micractinium sp.,; Actinastrum  sp.	Dairy Wastewater	NA	29.00	17	[33]
Polyculture of Chlorella  sp., Micractinium sp.; Actinastrum  sp.	Primary clarifier; Effluent	NA	9.00	24.4	[33]
Chlorella  asccharophila	Carpet mill	23	18.10	4.2	[34]
Scenedesmus  sp.	Carpet mill	126.54	12.80	16.2	[34]
Chlorella  sp.	Centrate Muinicipal; Wastewater	231.4	33.53	77.5	[35]
Hindakia  sp.	Centrate Muinicipal; Wastewater	275.0	28.30	77.8	[35]
Chlorella  sp.	Centrate Muinicipal; Wastewater	241.7	30.91	74.7	[35]
Scenedesmus  sp.	Centrate Muinicipal; Wastewater	247.5	30.09	74.5	[35]
Auxenochlorella  protothecoides	Concentrated Muinicipal; Wastewater	268.8	28.9	77.7	[36]
Chlamydomonas  Mexicana	Piggery Wastewater	NA	33±3.4^a	0.31±0.03^a	[37]
Scenedesmus  obliquus	Piggery Wastewater	NA	31±0.8^a	0.24±0.03^a	[37]

∗NA: Not Available.
^aExpressed in dwt/L.