期刊
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
卷 110, 期 -, 页码 84-94出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2016.02.013
关键词
Oil sands; Naphthenic acids; Anaerobic processes; Biodegradation; Biofilm; Wastewater treatment
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Large volumes of waters contaminated with naphthenic acids (NAs) are produced during the processing of oil sands. Anoxic biodegradation of trans-4-methyl-1-cyclohexane carboxylic acid (trans-4MCHCA) coupled to nitrate reduction was reported earlier. Given the generation of nitrite as an intermediate of nitrate reduction, its subsequent use as secondary electron acceptor and its potential inhibitory effect, biodegradation of trans-4MCHCA coupled to nitrite reduction was investigated in the current work. Batch experiments revealed the optimum temperature as 24 +/- 2 degrees C and that the nitrite inhibitory effect was severe at 1150 mg nitrite L-1. Maximum biodegradation rates in the stirred tank and biofilm reactors were 14.4 and 82.2 mg L-1 h(-1), and the corresponding nitrite reduction rates were 44.2 and 361.6 mg L-1 h(-1), respectively. Using the experimental data, maximum specific growth rate (mu(m)), saturation constant (1(5), and yield (Y) were determined as 0.4h(-1), 20.9 mg trans-4MCHCA L-1, and 0.3 mg biomass (mg trans-4MCHCA)(-1), respectively. Comparison of anoxic biodegradation results with nitrate and nitrite demonstrated the superiority of nitrate as an electron acceptor for anoxic biodegradation of NAs. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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