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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 163, Issue 2-3, Pages 848-854Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.07.037
Keywords
Dinitrotoluenes; Biodegradation; Packed-bed reactor; Biofilm composition; Degradation efficiency
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- Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic [MSM 6046137305]
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This manuscript deals with continuous experiments for biodegradation of individual dinitrotoluenes by a defined mixed culture in packed-bed reactors (PBRs) containing either poraver or fire-clay as packing material. Removal efficiencies and volumetric biodegradation rates were measured as a function of the loading rate of 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) and 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) under steady-state conditions. The poraver reactor showed higher removal efficiencies for both the DNTs. The removal efficiency for 2,4-DNT remained greater than 90% in the poraver reactor whereas it dropped steadily from 85 to 65% in the fire-clay reactor as the organic loading rates were increased from 19 to 60 mg L(-1) day(-1). Similar trends were seen for the volumetric degradation rate as well. In both the reactors, 2,4-DNT degraded more effectively than 2,6-DNT. The microbial consortium was characterized both in the inoculum as well as in the operating PBR. Cell numbers per gram dry packing material were similar in the two reactors. However, there was a distinct difference in the nature of microorganisms that were found in the two packings. The fire-clay contained a larger number of cells that were not primary degraders of DNTs. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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