Table 1 The wastewater removal efficiency and biomassproductivity for consortia with different algae/activated sludge ratios.

From: Convergent community structure of algal–bacterial consortia and its effects on advanced wastewater treatment and biomass production

Consortium

TDN removal (%)

NH3-N removal (%)

TDP removal (%)

COD removal (%)

Biomass productivity (%)

TDN removal rate (mg L−1 d−1)

NH3-N removal rate (mg L−1 d−1)

TDP removal rate (mg L−1 d−1)

COD removal rate (mg L−1 d−1)

Biomass productivity rate (× 103 mg L−1 d−1)

R1

66.87 ± 0.18

87.78 ± 0.09

86.64 ± 0.11

35.75 ± 1.4

41.93 ± 0.3

18.39 ± 0.18

7.60 ± 0.09

1.75 ± 0.01

18.95 ± 1.40

0.18 ± 0.018

R2

73.69 ± 0.26

93.26 ± 0.08

94.40 ± 0.11

38.68 ± 1.1

49.55 ± 0.3

20.26 ± 0.26

8.08 ± 0.08

1.91 ± 0.01

20.50 ± 1.10

0.25 ± 0.018

R3

69.99 ± 0.23

86.30 ± 0.07

89.58 ± 0.11

44.34 ± 1.2

47.31 ± 0.3

19.25 ± 0.23

7.47 ± 0.07

1.81 ± 0.01

23.50 ± 1.20

0.22 ± 0.019

R4

61.95 ± 0.29

86.45 ± 0.06

87.69 ± 0.12

55.19 ± 1.2

40.83 ± 0.28

17.04 ± 0.29

7.49 ± 0.06

1.78 ± 0.01

29.25 ± 1.20

0.17 ± 0.02

R5

60.93 ± 0.25

87.08 ± 0.08

80.63 ± 0.10

43.26% ± 1.2

38.42 ± 0.31

16.76 ± 0.25

7.54 ± 0.08

1.63 ± 0.02

22.93 ± 1.20

0.16 ± 0.02

Back to article page