RT journal article
T1 Biofiltration of reduced sulphur compounds and community analysis of sulphur-oxidizing bacteria.
A1 Ramírez, Martín
A1 Fernández, Maikel
A1 Granada, Claudia
A1 Le Borgne, Silvye
A1 Gómez Montes de Oca, José Manuel
A1 Cantero Moreno, Domingo
A2 Ingeniería Química y Tecnología de Alimentos
K1 Biotrickling filter
K1 Reduced sulphur compounds
K1 Thiobacillus thioparus
K1 Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans
K1 Bacterial population
AB The present work aims to use a two-stage biotrickling filters for simultaneous treatment of hydrogensulphide (H2S), methyl mercaptan (MM), dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS).The first biofilter was inoculated with Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (BAT) and the second one withThiobacillus thioparus (BTT). For separate feeds of reduced sulphur compounds (RSC), the eliminationcapacity (EC) order was DMDS > DMS > MM. The EC values were 9.8 gMM-S/m3/h (BTT; 78% removalefficiency (RE); empty bed residence time (EBRT) 58 s), 36 gDMDS-S/m3/h (BTT; 94.4% RE; EBRT 76 s) and57.5 gH2S-S/m3/h (BAT; 92% RE; EBRT 59 s). For the simultaneous removal of RSC in BTT, an increase in theH2S concentration from 23 to 293 ppmv (EBRT of 59 s) inhibited the RE of DMS (97–84% RE), DMDS(86–76% RE) and MM (83–67% RE). In the two-stage biofiltration, the RE did not decrease on increasingthe H2S concentration from 75 to 432 ppmv.
PB Elsevier
SN 0960-8524
YR 2011
FD 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/16309
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/16309
LA eng
NO http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.12.018
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026