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Table 2 Potential biomass production estimates for algae grown on wastewater nutrients in the Tampa Bay area, FL

From: Wastewater use in algae production for generation of renewable resources: a review and preliminary results

Description

Source

Flow rate (MGD)

Nitrogen (mg L-1)

Algae biomass (tons yr-1)

CO2 consumed (tons yr-1)

Indoor area (ha)

Outdoor area (ha)

Wastewater

HFC AWTP

3.0

30

1,965

3,026

179

179

Centrate

HFC AWTP

0.5

427

4,660

7,179

182

80

Wastewater

WTS

5.0

10

1,091

1,681

598

598

Total

   

7,716

11,889

959

857