Batch degradation of phenol in a spouted bed bioreactor system

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

doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2009.09.072

Batch degradation of phenol in a spouted bed bioreactor system

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

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Abstract

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, P. 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-272
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2009.09.072
Publication status	Published - Mar 25 2010

Keywords

Dynamic model
Immobilized bacteria
Phenol degradation
Spouted bed bioreactor
Substrate inhibition

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Chemical Engineering(all)

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Batch degradation of phenol in a spouted bed bioreactor system

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