Starch-based flocculant outperformed aluminium sulfate hydrate and polyaluminium chloride through effective bridging for harvesting acicular microalga Ankistrodesmus

• Main Authors: Choy, Sook Yan, Prasad, Krishnamurthy Nagendra, Wu, Ta Yeong, Raghunandan, Mavinakere Eshwaraiah, Phang, Siew Moi, Juan, Joon Ching, Ramanan, Ramakrishnan Nagasundara
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22187/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2017.11.001
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Microalgae represent a diversified pool of resources famed for valuable raw materials which are favoured over terrestrial crops in certain applications. Even so, limited green microalgae strains have been explored and studied till date. Thus, the highlight of this study is to comparatively evaluate...