Removal of hydrogen sulfide, benzene and toluene by a fluidized bed bioreactor

Kwang Joong Oh; Ki Chul Cho; Young Hean Choung; Suk Kyong Park; Sung Ki Cho; Donguk Kim

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.23, No.1, 148-152, January, 2006

DOI10.1007/BF02705707 Export Citation

Removal of hydrogen sulfide, benzene and toluene by a fluidized bed bioreactor

Kwang Joong Oh^†, Ki Chul Cho, Young Hean Choung, Suk Kyong Park¹, Sung Ki Cho¹, and Donguk Kim¹

Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
¹Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Gyongnam 621-749, Korea

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The dominant off gases from publicly owned treatment works include hydrogen sulfide, benzene, and toluene. In this research, hydrogen sulfide oxidized by Bacillus cereus, and benzene with toluene were removed by VOC-degrading microbial consortium. The optimum operating condition of the fluidized bed bioreactor including both microorganisms was 30 ℃, pH 6-8, and 150 cm of liquid bed height. The critical loading rate of hydrogen sulfide, benzene and toluene in the bioreactor was about 15 g/m3 h, 10 g/m3 h and 12 g/m3 h, respectively. The fluidized bed bioreactor showed an excellent elimination capacity for 580 hours of continuous operation, and maintained stable removal efficiency at sudden inlet concentration changes.

Keywords:Hydrogen Sulfide;Benzene;Toluene;Fluidized Bed Bioreactor;Microbial Consortium

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