Optimization of ferrous biooxidation rate in a packed bed bioreactor using Taguchi approach

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 935-940

  Mousavi, S M ^a,b   Yaghmaei, S ^a   Jafari, A ^b   Vossoughi, M ^a   Ghobadi, Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ferrous biooxidation rate; Optimization; Packed bed bioreactor; Sulfobacillus species; Taguchi approach

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DRAINAGE; FLUE GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PH EFFECTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAGUCHI METHODS;

FERROUS BIOOXIDATION RATE; HYDROMETALLURGICAL LEACHING; PACKED BED BIOREACTOR; SULFOBACILLUS SPECIES;

BIOREACTORS;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DRAINAGE; FLUE GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PH EFFECTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAGUCHI METHODS;

EID: 34548429993     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Pandey R.A., and Malhotra S. Desulphurization of gaseous fuels with recovery of elemental sulphur: an overview. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29 3 (1999) 229-268
2. Ebrahimi S., Kleerebezem R., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., and Heijnen J.J. Kinetics of the reactive absorption of hydrogen sulfide into aqueous ferric sulfate solutions. Chem. Eng. Sci. 58 (2003) 417-427
3. Pagella C., Silvestri P., and De Faveri D.M. Hydrogen sulphide removal with a biochemical process: the biological step. Chem. Biochem. Eng. Q. 10 (1996) 165-174
4. 2S in acid solution by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Thiobacillus thiooxidans. Process Biochem. 37 (2001) 111-114
5. T. Imaizumi, Some industrial applications of inorganic microbial oxidation in Japan, Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp., New York, Wiley 16 (1986) 363-371
6. Gasiorek J. Microbial removal of sulfur dioxide from a gas stream. Fuel Process. Technol. 40 (1994) 129-138
7. Rubiera F., Moran A., Martinez O., Fuente E., and Pis J. Influence of biological desulphurisation on coal combustion performance. Fuel Process. Technol. 52 (1997) 165-173
8. Grouder S.N., Genchev F.N., and Gaidatyjiew F. Observations on the microflora in an industrial copper dump leaching operations. In: Murr L., Thorma A., and Brierley J. (Eds). Metallurgical Applications of Bacterial Leaching and Related Microbiological Phenomena (1978), Academic Press, New York 253-274
9. Chandra D., Roy P., Mishra A.K., Cakrabarati J.N., Prasad N.K., and Chaudhuri S.G. Removal of sulphur from coal by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and by mixed acidophilic bacteria present in coal. Fuel 59 (1980) 249-252
10. Mousavi S.M., Yaghmaei S., Salimi F., and Jafari A. Influence of process variables on biooxidation of ferrous sulfate by an indigenous Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Part I: Flask experiments. Fuel 85 17-18 (2006) 2555-2560
11. Mousavi S.M., Yaghmaei S., Vossoughi M., Jafari A., and Roostaazad R. Zinc extraction from Iranian low-grade complex zinc-lead ore by two native microorganisms: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus. Int. J. Miner. Process. 80 (2006) 238-243
12. Mousavi S.M., Yaghmaei S., and Jafari A. Influence of process variables on biooxidation of ferrous sulfate by an indigenous Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Part II: Bioreactor experiments. Fuel 86 7-8 (2007) 993-999
13. 2S gas treatment with Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Chem. Eng. Technol. 19 (1996) 79-88
14. 2S-containing gases: a review of microbiological alternatives. Enzyme Microbial. Technol. 17 (1995) 2-10
15. Nemati M., Harrison S.T.L., Hansford G.S., and Webb C. Biological oxidation of ferrous sulphate by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans: a review on the kinetic aspects. Biochem. Eng. J. 1 (1998) 171-191
16. Mesa M.M., Andrades J.A., Maći{dotless}as M., and Cantero D. Biological oxidation of ferrous iron: study of bioreactor efficiency. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 79 (2004) 163-170
17. Long Z., Huang Y., Cai Z., Cong W., and Ouyang F. Immobilization of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans by a PVA-boric acid method for ferrous sulphate oxidation. Process Biochem. 39 (2004) 2129-2133
18. Taguchi G., Yokoyama Y., and Wu Y. Taguchi Methods/Design of Experiments (1993), American Supplier Institute (ASI) Press, Tokyo
19. Park S.H. Robust Design and Analysis for Quality Engineering (1996), Chapman & Hall, London
20. Cox D.R., and Reid N. The Theory of the Design of Experiments (2000), Chapman & Hall/CRC
21. Douglas C. Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments (2001), Wiley
22. Roy R. A Primer on the Taguchi Method (1990), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
23. Norris P.R., Clark D.A., Owen J.P., and Waterhouse S. Characteristics of Sulfobacillus acidophilus sp. nov. and other moderately thermophilic mineral sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. Microbiology 141 (1996) 775-783
24. Atlas R.M. Handbook of Microbiological Media. second ed. (1997), CRC Press, Boca Raton
25. Karamanev D.G., Nikolov L.N., and Mamatarkova V. Rapid simultaneous quantitative determination of ferric and ferrous ions in drainage waters and similar solutions. Miner. Eng. 15 (2002) 341-346