143R_Extraction of microalgae as a form of wastewater treatment: Opportunities in biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids production (research summary)

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Are you interested in how to use microalgae to treat wastewater?

Summary of the summary titled Extraction of microalgae as a form of wastewater treatment: Opportunities in biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids production from 2023 by our next interviewee in ⁠episode 144, Morley Muse about their current work.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what we can do to treat wastewater better. This summary presents the use of microalgae in wastewater treatment for the production of other resources.

As the most important things, I would like to highlight 3 aspects:

1. Wastewater is basically any used water and its treatment is a public health and environmental issue which can be sustainably solved with microalgae.
2. Letting microalgae consume the nutrient pollutants from the water results in microalgae waste which then can be used to create other resources, like biodiesel and biogas.
3. The use of microalgae waste for wastewater treatment and energy production offers a range of benefits and opportunities for a more sustainable and resilient future.

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.023 - Smart cities and disaster resilience⁠⁠;
• No.027 - Interview with Richard Manasseh⁠⁠ about urban water treatments;

You can find the transcript through ⁠⁠this link⁠⁠.

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