Sustainable & Profitable Wastewater treatment
Transition from
Cost Centre to Profit Centre
About Microalgae
Microalgae are the most primary photosynthetic organisms on the planet. Their smaller sizes, robust cell structure and an efficient photosynthesis apparatus make them the most efficient plants on the planet. Microalgae are present abundantly in nature and hence finding algae suitable for a given location should not be a challenge, thereby rendering a “Natural” process for effluent treatment. Because of these features they provide an interesting option for treatment of effluent streams that are rich in organic carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and most of the metals and minerals. The microalgae biomass generated out of this treatment process is rich in proteins, minerals, essential fats, antioxidants, and other pigments.
Microalgae-based effluent treatment can positively contribute towards mitigation of ill-effects from Climate Change by the virtue of being Sustainable, Circular, and Clean. By primarily relying on natural sunlight for photosynthesis-mediated degradation of pollutants from the effluent, this process scores high on Sustainability. By converting the waste organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients, present in the effluent into nutritious, high-protein algal biomass with potential for use in the food, feed and fertilizer industry, this process also scores high on Circularity. Finally, by generating clean water and releasing pure oxygen to the environment, this is essentially a Clean-technology option for effluent abatement.