Batch degradation of phenol in a spouted bed bioreactor system

Muftah H. El-Naas; Sulaiman Al-Zuhair; Souzan Makhlouf

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.16, No.2, 267-272, March, 2010

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2009.09.072 Export Citation

Batch degradation of phenol in a spouted bed bioreactor system

Muftah H. El-Naas, Sulaiman Al-Zuhair^†, and Souzan Makhlouf

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, UAE University, 17555 Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

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Bacterial biotreatment has gained a lot of attention in recent years as an alternative method for the removal of phenol from wastewater. Under aerobic conditions, Pseudomonas putida utilize phenol as a source of carbon and energy. In this work, ρ. putida was immobilized in Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) gel particles and used in a spouted bed bioreactor to remove phenol from wastewater. The effects of initial phenol concentration and air flow rate on the rate of aerobic phenol removal were investigated. The experimental results were used to develop a dynamic model to describe the utilization of phenol for the bacterial growth in spouted bed bioreactor.

Keywords:Phenol degradation;Spouted bed bioreactor;Immobilized bacteria;Dynamic model;Substrate inhibition

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[Referenced By]

[1] Atlow SC, Bonadonna-Aparo L, Klibanov AM, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 26, 599 (1984)

[2] Muna SP, Jang JP, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 15(5), 743 (2009)

[3] Brown VM, Jordan DHM, Tiller BA, Water Resour., 1, 587 (1967)

[4] Chung TP, Tseng HY, Juang RS, Proc. Biochem., 38, 1497 (2003)

[5] Farrell A, Quilty B, Water Resour., 36, 2443 (2002)

[6] Nuhoglu A, Beste Y, Proc. Biochem., 40, 1233 (2005)

[7] Knoll G, Winter J, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 25, 384 (1987)

[8] Gonzalez G, Herrera G, Garcia MT, Pena M, Bioresour. Technol., 80(2), 137 (2001)

[9] Kumar A, Kumar S, Kumar S, Biochem. Eng. J., 22, 151 (2005)

[10] Hwang S, Lee CH, Ahn IS, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 14(4), 487 (2008)

[11] Marrot B, Barrios-Martinez A, Moulin P, Roche N, Biochem. Eng. J., 30, 174 (2006)

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[13] Tranvik L, Larsson P, Okla L, Regnell O, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 10, 195 (1991)

[14] Sgountzos IN, Pavlou S, Paraskeva CA, Payatakes AC, Biochem. Eng. J., 30, 164 (2006)

[15] El-Naas M, Al-Muhtaseb S, Makhlouf S, J. Hazard. Mater., 164, 720 (2008)

[16] Riis V, Lorbeer H, Babel W, Biol. Biochem., 30, 1573 (1998)

[17] Embaby AS, An investigation into the potential of immobilized nitrifiers in wastewater treatment. M.Sc. Thesis, UAE University, UAE, 2004.