Issue 10, 2012
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Green Chemistry

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

Ela Eroglu,ab   Vipul Agarwal,a   Michael Bradshaw,a   Xianjue Chen,a   Steven M. Smith,*b   Colin L. Raston*a  and  K. Swaminathan Iyera  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, M313, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
E-mail: colin.raston@uwa.edu.au
Fax: +61 8 6488 8683
Tel: +61 8 6488 3045

b ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia M313, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
E-mail: steven.smith@uwa.edu.au
Fax: +61 8 6488 4401
Tel: +61 8 6488 4403

Abstract

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2GC35970G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jun 2012
Accepted
08 Aug 2012
First published
08 Aug 2012

Green Chem., 2012,14, 2682-2685

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

E. Eroglu, V. Agarwal, M. Bradshaw, X. Chen, S. M. Smith, C. L. Raston and K. Swaminathan Iyer, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2682 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35970G

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