Biofiltration of mixtures of gas-phase styrene and acetone with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus

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Biofiltration of mixtures of gas-phase styrene and acetone with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatusDate
2010-12Citation
Rene ER, Špačková R, Veiga MC, Kennes C. Biofiltration of mixtures of gas-phase styrene and acetone with the fungus sporothrix variecibatus. J Hazard Mater. 2010;184(1-3):204- 14
Abstract
The biodegradation performance of a biofilter, inoculated with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus, to treat gas-phase styrene and acetone mixtures under steady-state and transient conditions was evaluated. Experiments were carried out by varying the gas-flow rates (0.05–0.4 m3 h−1), leading to empty bed residence times as low as 17.1 s, and by changing the concentrations of gas-phase styrene (0.01–6.3 g m−3) and acetone (0.01–8.9 g m−3). The total elimination capacities were as high as 360 g m−3 h−1, with nearly 97.5% removal of styrene and 75.6% for acetone. The biodegradation of acetone was inhibited by the presence of styrene, while styrene removal was affected only slightly by the presence of acetone. During transient-state experiments, increasing the overall pollutant load by almost 3-fold, i.e., from 220 to 600 g m−3 h−1, resulted in a sudden drop of removal efficiency (>90–70%), but still high elimination capacities were maintained. Periodic microscopic observations revealed that the originally inoculated Sporothrix sp. remained present in the reactor and actively dominant in the biofilm.
Keywords
Biofiltration
Fibre-board industries
Sporothrix variecibatus
Styrene–acetone mixture
Maximum elimination capacity
Transient response
Fibre-board industries
Sporothrix variecibatus
Styrene–acetone mixture
Maximum elimination capacity
Transient response