Mesophilic and thermophilic biotreatment of BTEX-polluted air in reactors
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Mesophilic and thermophilic biotreatment of BTEX-polluted air in reactorsData
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Mohammad BT, Veiga MC, Kennes C. Mesophilic and thermophilic biotreatment of BTEX-polluted air in reactors. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2007;97(6):1423-38
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This study compares the removal of a mixture of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and all three xylene isomers (BTEX) in mesophilic and thermophilic (50°C) bioreactors. In the mesophilic reactor fungi became dominant after long-term operation, while bacteria dominated in the thermophilic unit. Microbial acclimation was achieved by exposing the biofilters to initial BTEX loads of 2–15 g m−3 h−1, at an empty bed residence time of 96 s. After adaptation, the elimination capacities ranged from 3 to 188 g m−3 h−1, depending on the inlet load, for the mesophilic biofilter with removal efficiencies reaching 96%. On the other hand, in the thermophilic reactor the average removal efficiency was 83% with a maximum elimination capacity of 218 g m−3 h−1. There was a clear positive relationship between temperature gradients as well as CO2 production and elimination capacities across the biofilters. The gas phase was sampled at different depths along the reactors observing that the percentage pollutant removal in each section was strongly dependant on the load applied. The fate of individual alkylbenzene compounds was checked, showing the unusually high biodegradation rate of benzene at high loads under thermophilic conditions (100%) compared to its very low removal in the mesophilic reactor at such load (<10%). Such difference was less pronounced for the other pollutants. After 210 days of operation, the dry biomass content for the mesophilic and thermophilic reactors were 0.300 and 0.114 g g−1support, respectively, reaching higher removals under thermophilic conditions with a lower biomass accumulation, that is, lower pressure drop.
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Biofiltration
Alkylbenzene
Thermophilic
Waste gases
Fungi
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Alkylbenzene
Thermophilic
Waste gases
Fungi
Perlite
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