MICROALGAS COMO ALTERNATIVA PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE AGUAS RESIDUALES Y LA GENERACIÓN DE BIOCOMBUSTIBLES
MICROALGAE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER AND THE GENERATION OF BIOFUELS

Author(s): Juan Carlos Hernández Criado, Gabriel Cruz Cerón, Jhon Fredy Betancur
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: renewable energies; microalgae; biomass; wastewater
Summary/Abstract: Currently, renewable energies have become an important object by whichconventional energy sources, based on fossil fuels, by this type of energy sources thatreduce considerably and in some cases eliminate the impact on the environment. In thissense, the present review article deepened the potential of microalgae, as unicellularliving organisms that reproduce easily under specifi c conditions and produce a largeamount of biomass. Studies carried out in the last decades, sustaining that biomassbecomes an important source for the production of energy from the combustion of it.In addition, the article addresses the characteristics of microalgae for the treatment ofwastewater and how this wastewater becomes a benefi cial medium for the cultivationof these organisms for the purpose of producing biomass.

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