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Algal Remediation Of Wastewater Produced From Hydrothermally Treated Septage, Kyle Mcgaughy, Ahmad Abu Hajer, Edward Drabold, David J. Bayless, M. Toufiq Reza
Algal Remediation Of Wastewater Produced From Hydrothermally Treated Septage, Kyle Mcgaughy, Ahmad Abu Hajer, Edward Drabold, David J. Bayless, M. Toufiq Reza
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a promising technology to convert wet wastes like septic tank wastes, or septage, to valuable platform chemical, fuels, and materials. However, the byproduct of HTC, process liquid, often contains large amount of nitrogen species (up to 2 g/L of nitrogen), phosphorus, and a variety of organic carbon containing compounds. Therefore, the HTC process liquid is not often treated at wastewater treatment plant. In this study, HTC process liquid was treated with algae as an alternative to commercial wastewater treatment. The HTC process liquid was first diluted and then used to grow Chlorella sp. over a short …