Biofiltration of volatile ethanol using sugar cane bagasse inoculated with Candida utilis
| Autor: | G. Michelena, F. Domenech, Sergio Revah, Richard Auria, Pierre Christen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Environmental Engineering Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Ethyl acetate Biomass Poaceae chemistry.chemical_compound Bioreactors Environmental Chemistry Food science Waste Management and Disposal Candida Ethanol Waste management Acetaldehyde Agriculture Biodegradation Carbon Dioxide Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Pollution Refuse Disposal chemistry Carbon dioxide Biofilter Gases Volatilization Bagasse Filtration |
| Zdroj: | Journal of hazardous materials. 89(2-3) |
| ISSN: | 0304-3894 |
| Popis: | Candida utilis (C. utilis) growing on sugar cane bagasse complemented with a mineral salt solution was studied for gaseous ethanol removal in a biofilter. Ethanol loads from 93.7 to 511.9 g/h m(3) were used, by varying both inlet ethanol concentration (9.72 to 52.4 g/m(3)) and air flow rate (1.59 x 10(-3) to 2.86 x 10(-3) m(3)/h). At a loading rate of 93.7 g/h m(3), a steady-state was maintained for 300 h. Ethanol removal was complete, and 76.3% of the carbon consumed was found in carbon dioxide. At an higher aeration rate (ethanol load=153.8 g/h m(3)), the biofilter displayed an average removal efficiency (RE) of 70%, and an elimination capacity (EC) of 107.7 g/h m(3). Only 64.4% of the carbon consumed was used for CO(2) production. Acetaldehyde and ethyl acetate in the outlet gas attained 7.86 and 20.4% in terms of carbon balance, respectively. In both cases, the transient phase was less than one day. At a high inlet ethanol concentration (52.4 g/m(3)), no steady-state was observed and the process stopped during the third day. In the three cases, final biomass was poor, ranging from 10.5 to 14.8 mg/g dm. Final pH 4.0-4.6, indicated that acidifying non-volatile metabolites, such as acetate, accumulated in the reactor. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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