Oberholster, Paul JSteyn, Maronel2020-04-282020-04-282019-05Oberholster, P.J. and Steyn, M. 2019. The production of bio-energy from a consortium of algal species - Proof of concept trials at the rural Brandwacht domestic waste water treatment plant, South Africa. Newsletter of the Phycological Society of Southern Africa, 12pp.https://sanpcc.org.za/pssa/newsletter/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11434Copyright: 2019 Phycological Society of Southern Africa. This is the full text version of the work.With increased environmental pollution from untreated or partially treated wastewater and resultant eutrophication, there is an increased need for remediation. It is foreseen that treatment of wastewater will form part of the production of goods in the near future. Phycoremediation makes use of macroalgae or microalgae and could be used to treat wastewater. This technique has the potential to be used as an alternative biomass source for bioenergy production. The usefulness of biological wastewater treatment by microalgae coupled with biofuel production, is even more attractive as a result of an increase in global warming, depletion of fossil fuels and the need to manage greenhouse gases. The current study utilizes a specific consortium of algal species (isolated and cultured in the laboratory) to reduce nutrients and create conditions suitable for reduction of E. coli in wastewater as well as the determination of algae biomass for bioenergy production.enEnvironmental pollutionBiological wastewater treatmentAlgae biomassMicro algaeArticleOberholster, P. J., & Steyn, M. (2019). The production of bio-energy from a consortium of algal species - Proof of concept trials at the rural Brandwacht domestic waste water treatment plant, South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11434Oberholster, Paul J, and Maronel Steyn "The production of bio-energy from a consortium of algal species - Proof of concept trials at the rural Brandwacht domestic waste water treatment plant, South Africa." (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11434Oberholster PJ, Steyn M. The production of bio-energy from a consortium of algal species - Proof of concept trials at the rural Brandwacht domestic waste water treatment plant, South Africa. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11434.TY - Article AU - Oberholster, Paul J AU - Steyn, Maronel AB - With increased environmental pollution from untreated or partially treated wastewater and resultant eutrophication, there is an increased need for remediation. It is foreseen that treatment of wastewater will form part of the production of goods in the near future. Phycoremediation makes use of macroalgae or microalgae and could be used to treat wastewater. This technique has the potential to be used as an alternative biomass source for bioenergy production. The usefulness of biological wastewater treatment by microalgae coupled with biofuel production, is even more attractive as a result of an increase in global warming, depletion of fossil fuels and the need to manage greenhouse gases. The current study utilizes a specific consortium of algal species (isolated and cultured in the laboratory) to reduce nutrients and create conditions suitable for reduction of E. coli in wastewater as well as the determination of algae biomass for bioenergy production. DA - 2019-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Environmental pollution KW - Biological wastewater treatment KW - Algae biomass KW - Micro algae LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 T1 - The production of bio-energy from a consortium of algal species - Proof of concept trials at the rural Brandwacht domestic waste water treatment plant, South Africa TI - The production of bio-energy from a consortium of algal species - Proof of concept trials at the rural Brandwacht domestic waste water treatment plant, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11434 ER -