Preliminary data set to assess the performance of an outdoor membrane photobioreactor

[EN] This data in brief (DIB) article is related to a Research article entitled 'Optimising an outdoor membrane photobioreactor for tertiary sewage treatment' [1]. Data related to the effect of substrate turbidity, the ammonium concentration at which the culture reaches nitrogen-deplete conditions and the microalgae growth rate under outdoor conditions is provided. Microalgae growth rates under different substrate turbidity were obtained to assess the reduction of the culture's light availability. Lab-scale experiments showed growth rates reductions of 22-44%. Respirometric tests were carried to know the limiting ammonium concentration in thismicroalgae-basedwastewater treatment system. Growth rates (m) of green microalgae Scenedesmus and Chlorella obtained under outdoor conditions; i.e. 0.40 d(-1) (R-2 = 0.993) and 0.43 d(-1) (R-2 = 0.995), respectively, can be useful to obtain optimum operating conditions of membrane photobioreactor (MPBR). This research work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO, Projects CTM2014-54980-C2-1-R and CTM2014-54980-C2-2-R) jointly with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which are gratefully acknowledged. It also received support from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport via a pre-doctoral FPU fellowship to the first author (FPU14/05082). Gonzalez-Camejo, J.; Jiménez Benítez, AL.; Ruano, MV.; Robles Martínez, Á.; Barat, R.; Ferrer, J. (2019). Preliminary data set to assess the performance of an outdoor membrane photobioreactor. Data in Brief. 27:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104599