Kinetics of toluene and sulfur compounds removal by means of an integrated process involving the coupling of absorption and biodegradation

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1156-1161

  Darracq, Guillaume ^a   Couvert, Annabelle ^a   Couriol, Catherine ^a   Amrane, Abdeltif ^a   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biodegradation kinetic; Gas liquid absorption; Organic solvent; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT PHASE; ABSORPTION CAPACITY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DRIVING FORCES; FREE SOLVENTS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID ABSORPTION; HEADSPACES; HIGH VOLATILITY; HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS; INTEGRATED PROCESS; KINETIC ASPECTS; MASS TRANSFER RATE; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; SOLID POLYMERS; TWO PHASIS; VOC REMOVAL;

BIOACTIVITY; DEGRADATION; DIAMONDS; GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SULFUR; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOSURFACTANT; DI 2 ETHYLHEXYLADIPATE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955375211     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2414     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Le Cloirec P, Les composés organiques volatils (COV) dans l'environnement. Lavoisier, Tech & Doc, Paris (1998).
2. Kennes C and Thalasso F, Waste gas biotreatment technology. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 72:303-319 (1998).
3. Shareefdeen Z and Singh A, Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg (2005).
4. Kullavanijaya E, Trimm DL and Cant NW, Adsocat: adsorption/catalytic combustion for VOC and odour control. Stud Surf Sci Catal 130:569-574 (2000).
5. Charron I, Féliers C, Couvert A, Laplanche A, Patria L and Requieme B, Use of hydrogen peroxide in scrubbing towers for odor removal in wastewater treatment plants. Water Sci Technol 50:267-274 (2004).
6. Roustan M, Transfert gaz-liquide dans les procédés de traitement des eaux et des effluents gazeux. Lavoisier, Tech & Doc, Paris (2003).
7. Basu S and Gu ZC, Shilinsky KA, Application of packed scrubber for air emissions control in municipal wastewater treatment plants. Environ Prog 17:9-18 (1998).
8. Hentz LH and Balchunas BM, Chemical and physical processes associated with mass transfer in odor control scrubbers. Odors and VOC Emissions 2000, Conference Proceedings, Cincinnati, USA, 16/4-19/4, pp 668-685 (2000).
9. Kennes C, Rene ER and Veiga MC, Bioprocess for air pollution control. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 84:1419-1436 (2009).
10. Césario MT, Baverloo WA, Tramper J and Beeftink HH, Enhancement of gas liquid mass transfer rate of apolar pollutants in the biological waste gas treatment by a dispersed organic solvent. Enzyme Microb Technol 21:578-588 (1997).
11. Jin Y, Veiga MC and Kennes C, Co-treatment of hydrogen sulfide and methanol in a single-stage biotrickling filter under acidic conditions. Chemosphere 68:1186-1193 (2007).
12. Eitzer BD, Emissions of volatile organic chemicals from municipal solid waste composting facilities. Environ Sci Technol 29:896-902 (1995).
13. Rappert S and Muller R, Odor compounds in waste gas emissions from agricultural operations and food industries. Waste Manage 25:887-907 (2005).
14. Vuong MD, Couvert A, Couriol C, Amrane A, Le Cloirec P and Renner C, Determination of the Henry's constant and the mass transfer rate of VOCs in solvents. Chem Eng J 150:426-430 (2009).
15. Nalli S, Cooper DG and Nicell JA, Interaction of metabolites with R. rhodochrous during the biodegradation of di-ester plasticizers. Chemosphere 65:1510-1517 (2006).
16. Collins LD and Daugulis AJ, Characterization and optimization of a two-phase partitioning bioreactor for the biodegradation of phenol. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 48:18-22 (1997).
17. Collins LD and Daugulis AJ, Benzene/toluene/p-xylene degradation. Part I: solvent selection and toluene degradation in a two-phase partitioning bioreactor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 52:354-359 (1999).
18. Arriaga S, Muñoz R, Hernandez S, Guieysse B and Revah S, Gaseous hexane biodegradation by Fusarium solani in two liquid phase packed-bed and stirred tank bioreactors. Environ Sci Technol 40:. 2390-2395 (2006).
19. Daugulis AJ, Two-phase partitioning bioreactors: a new technology platform for destroying xenobiotics. Trends Biotechnol 19:457-462 (2001).
20. Déziel E, Commeau Y and Villemur R, Two-liquid-phase bioreactors for enhanced degradation of hydrophobic/toxic compounds. Biodegradation 10:219-233 (1999).
21. Mahanty B, Parkshirajan K and Dasu VV, Biodegradation of pyrene by Mycobacterium frederiksbergense in a two-phase partitioning bioreactor system. Bioresource Technol 99:2694-2698 (2008).
22. Yeom SH and Daugulis AJ, Treatment of high concentration gaseous benzene stream using a novel bioreactor system. Biotechnol Lett 22:1747-1751 (2000).
23. Quijano G, Hernandez M, Thalasso F, Muñoz R and Villaverde S, Two-phase partitioning bioreactors in environmental biotechnology. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 84:829-846 (2009).
24. Darracq G, Couvert A, Couriol C, Amrane A, Thomas D and Dumont E, et al, Silicone oil: an effective absorbent for the removal of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 85:309-313 (2010).
25. Shim H and Yang ST, Biodegradation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene by a coculture of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas fluorescens immobilized in a fibrous-bed bioreactor. J Biotechnol 67:99-112 (1999).
26. Sardessai Y and Bhosle S, Tolerance of bacteria to organic solvents. Res Microbiol 153:263-268 (2002).
27. Smet E, Lens P and Van Langenhove H, Treatment of waste gases contaminated with odorous sulfur compounds. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol 28:89-117 (1998).
28. Kennes C and Veiga MC, Fungal biocatalysts in the biofiltration of VOC-polluted air. J Biotechnol 113:305-319 (2004).
29. Cha JM, Cha WS and Lee JH, Removal of organo-sulphur odour compounds by Thiobacillus novellus SRM, sulphur-oxidizing microorganisms. Process Biochem 34:659-665 (1999).
30. Ruokojärvi A, Aatamila M, Hartikainen T, Olkkonen M, Salmi J and Ruuskanen J, et al, Removal of dimethyl sulphide from off-gas mixtures containing hydrogen sulphide and methanethiol by a biotrickling filter. Environ Technol 21:1173-1180 (2000).
31. Trinci APJ, A kinetic study of the growth of Aspergillus nidulans and other fungi. J Gen Microbiol 57:11-24 (1969).
32. OECD, Standard ISO 9439/OECD 301 B. OECD Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (1992).
33. Staudinger J and Roberts PV, A critical compilation of Henry's law constant temperature dependence relations for organic compounds in dilute aqueous solutions. Chemosphere 44:561-576 (2001).
34. Iliuta MC and Larachi F, Solubility of dimethyldisulfide (DMDS) in aqueous solutions of Fe(III) complexes of trans-1,2- cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid (CDTA) using the static headspacemethod. Fluid Phase Equilib 233:184-189 (2005).
35. Aneja VP and Overton JH, The emission rate of dimethyl sulphide at the atmospheric-oceanic interface. Chem Eng Commun 98:199-209 (1990).
36. van Ginkel CG, Kester H, Stroo CA and van Haperen AM, Biodegradation of EDTA in pulp and paper mill effluents by activated sludge. Water Sci Technol 40:259-266 (1999).
37. Chen SC, Li KH and Fang HY, Growth kinetics of EDTA biodegradation by Burkholderia cepacia. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 21:11-16 (2005).
38. Minkevich IG, Satroutdinov AD, Dedyukhina EG, Chistyakova TI, Kaparullina EN, and Koshelev AV, et al, The effect of temperature on bacterial degradation of EDTA in pH-auxostat. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 22:1205-1213 (2006).
39. Darracq G, Couvert A, Couriol C, Amrane A and Le Cloirec P, Absorption and biodegradation of hydrophobic VOCs: determination of Henry's constants and biodegradation levels. Water Sci Technol 59:1315-1322 (2009).
40. Gomez E, Santos VE, Alcon A and Garcia-Ochoa F, Oxygen transport rate on Rhodococcus erythropolis cultures: effect on growth and BDS capability. Chem Eng Sci 61:4595-4604 (2006).
41. Garcia-Ochoa F and Gomez E, Bioreactor scale-up and oxygen transfer rate in microbial processes: an overview. Biotechnol Adv 27:153-176 (2009).
42. Hoorn JAA and Versteegb GF, Modelling of mass transfer in combination with radical reactions. Chem Eng Sci 61:5137-5148 (2006).
43. van der Meer AB, Beenackers AACM, Burghard R, Mulder NH and Fok JJ, Gas/liquid mass transfer in a four-phase stirred fermentor: effects of organic phase hold-up and surfactant concentration. Chem Eng Sci 47:2369-2374 (1992).
44. Collins LD and Daugulis AJ, Simultaneous biodegradation of benzene, toluene, and p-xylene a two phase partitioning bioreactor: concept demonstration and practical application. Biotechnol Prog 15:74-80 (1999).
45. Barnabé S, Beauchesne I, Cooper DG and Nicell JA, Plasticizers and their degradation products in the process streams of a large urban physicochemical sewage treatment plant. Water Res 42:153-162 (2008).