A performance Study of Simultaneous Microbial Removal of NO and SO2 in a Biotrickling-Filter Under Anaerobic Condition

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School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

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Behaviors of simultaneous removal of NO and SO2 using the coculture of anaerobic denitrifying bacteria and sulfate reducing bacteria were investigated in a bench-scale biotrickling-filter. Approximate 20 days were required to use the landfill leachate as the microbial seed to develop the biofilm on the surface of packing material. When the combined NO/SO2 removal biotrickling-filter was operated at an empty bed residence time (EBRT) of 76 s and the NO and SO2 feed concentrations of 2 and 2 g/m3 respectively, the SO2 removal efficiency was always above 95%, while NO removal exhibited an evident periodicity of 5-6 days for the initial 60 days after the attachment phase and then a steady-state NO-removal efficiency of around 90% was obtained after 130 days of continuous operation. Contrast experimental results indicated that the coculture in the combined NO/SO2 removal biotrickling-filter showed a higher resistance to shock NO-loadings and a better tolerance of starvation than the single denitrifying bacteria in the NO removal biotrickling-filter.

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International Journal of Environmental Research
Volume 5, Issue 3
July 2011
Pages 779-786

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