Aerobic and Anaerobic Biotransformations and Treatment of Chlorinated Pulp Bleach Waste Constituents

Autor: Paivi M. Makinen, John F. Ferguson, Jaakko A. Puhakka, Margareta Lundin
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Water Science and Technology. 29:73-80
ISSN: 1996-9732
0273-1223
DOI: 10.2166/wst.1994.0703
Popis: Biotransformations and treatment of several chlorinated, hydroxylated and methoxylated monoaromatic compounds were studied in batch bottle bioassays and continuous-flow fluidized-bed reactors. With the aerobic enrichment, polychlorinated phenols were biodegraded with simultaneous release of inorganic chloride in amounts equal to mineralization stoichiometrics. Aerobic removal of 4,5-dichlorocatechol and 4,5- dichlorovanillin were associated with the release of inorganic chlorine. The aerobic enrichment showed no activity against mono- or di-O-methylated phenols. With the anaerobic enrichment, reductive transformations of these compounds were observed. These transformations included reductive dechlorinations, de-O-methylations and dehydroxylations. High-rate operation of an aerobic fluidized-bed reactor resulted in over 99.7% biodégradation of polychlorophenols. In the anaerobic fluidized-bed reactor, over 95% removal of chlorophenols with no apparent accumulation of lower chlorinated phenols indicated complete dechlorination.
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