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ArticleBiology2017

Harvesting Environmental Microalgal Blooms for Remediation and Resource Recovery: A Laboratory Scale Investigation with Economic and Microbial Community Impact Assessment.

Jagroop Pandhal, Wai L Choon, Rahul V Kapoore, David A Russo, James Hanotu, I A Grant Wilson, Pratik Desai, Malcolm Bailey, William J Zimmerman, Andrew S Ferguson

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Article in Biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jagroop PandhalDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. j.pandhal@sheffield.ac.uk.
Wai L ChoonDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. liong_waichoon91@hotmail.com.
Rahul V KapooreDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. r.kapoore@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2287-0619
David A RussoCopenhagen Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, C 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark. russo@plen.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-4729-1701
James HanotuDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. j.hanotu@sheffield.ac.uk.
I A Grant WilsonDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. grant.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk.
Pratik DesaiDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. p.desai@sheffield.ac.uk.
Malcolm BaileyLink2Energy, 1-3 Bigby Street, Brigg, North Lincolnshire DN20 8EJ, UK. malcolm@link2energy.co.uk.
William J ZimmermanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. w.zimmerman@sheffield.ac.uk.
Andrew S FergusonDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK. andrew.ferguson@sheffield.ac.uk.
University of Sheffield · GBLink2Energy (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A laboratory based microflotation rig termed efficient FLOtation of Algae Technology (eFLOAT) was used to optimise parameters for harvesting microalgal biomass from eutrophic water systems. This was performed for the dual objectives of remediation (nutrient removal) and resource recovery. Preliminary experiments demonstrated that chitosan was more efficient than alum for flocculation of biomass and the presence of bacteria could play a positive role and reduce flocculant application rates under the natural conditions tested. Maximum biomass removal from a hyper-eutrophic water retention pond sample was achieved with 5 mg·L

Indexed as

algal bloomenvironmental microalgaeeutrophicationmicroflotationresource recovery

Identifiers

PMID29286322
PMCPMC5872030
OpenAlexW2328420620

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