ALGAE PROLIFERATION ON SUBSTRATES IMMERSED IN BIOLOGICALLY TREATED SEWAGE
			
	
 
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				Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu, Instytut Inżynierii Środowiska
				 
			 
						
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			Publication date: 2017-01-01
			 
		 			
		 
	
							
					    		
    			 
    			
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    					Tomasz  Garbowski   
    					Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu, Instytut Inżynierii Środowiska, pl. Grunwaldzki 24, 50-363 Wrocław, Poland
    				
 
    			
				 
    			 
    		 		
			
																						 
		
	 
		
 
 
J. Ecol. Eng. 2017; 18(1):90-98
		
 
 
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Due fast biomass production, high affinity for N and P and possibilities to CO2 sequestration microalgae are currently in the spotlight, especially in renewable energy technologies sector. The majority of studies focus their attention on microalgae cultivation with respect to biomass production. Fuel produced from algal biomass can contribute to reducing consumption of conventional fossil fuels and be a remedy for a rising energy crisis and global warming induced by air pollution. Some authors opt for possibilities of using sewage as a nutrient medium in algae cultivation. Other scientists go one step further and present concepts to introduce microalgal systems as an integral part of wastewater treatment plants. High costs of different microalgal harvesting methods caused introduction of the idea of algae immobilization in a form of periphyton on artificial substrates. In the present study the attention has focused on possibilities of using waste materials as substrates to proliferation of periphyton in biologically treated sewage that contained certain amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus.