Vergara-Fernández, Alberto; Quiroz, Erich F.; Aroca, Germán E.; Alarcón Pulido, Nelson A.

Biological treatment of contaminated air with toluene in an airlift reactor

datacite.alternateIdentifier.citation	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Vol.11, N° 4, 1-7, 2007	es
datacite.creator	Vergara-Fernández, Alberto
datacite.creator	Quiroz, Erich F.
datacite.creator	Aroca, Germán E.
datacite.creator	Alarcón Pulido, Nelson A.
datacite.date.issued	2011-08-08
datacite.subject	Tolueno	es
datacite.title	Biological treatment of contaminated air with toluene in an airlift reactor	es
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-08T04:50:51Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-08T04:50:51Z
dc.description.abstract	In this work the variation in the toluene elimination capacity of an airlift bioreactor as a function of the toluene inlet load, using compost as the support material for the microorganisms was studied. In order to evaluate the flexibility of the reactor under changing toluene load, the toluene biodegradation was measured for flows from 2.4 x 10-2 to 0.132 m3 h-1, and a concentration range from 1.4 to 0.8 g m-3. Results show a 100% removal efficiency (RE) for minor flows, however, for a flow increase of 450% the RE decreased 40%, reflecting the equipments weak flexibility in varying flows. Meanwhile the maximum elimination capacity obtained was 230 g m-3 h-1, for toluene loads of 550 g m-3 h-1, corresponding to a flow of 0.132 m3 h-1. It was found that a average biomass concentration in suspension of 3700 g m-3, reflected EC's of 203 g m-3 h-1.	es
dc.format	PDF	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/324
dc.language.iso	en_US	es
dc.publisher	Ediciones Universidad Católica de Temuco	es
dc.source	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology	es
oaire.resourceType	Artículo de Revista	es
uct.carrera	Ingeniería Civil Ambiental	es
uct.carrera	Ingeniería Civil Química	es
uct.catalogador	mabelp	es
uct.comunidad	Recursos Naturales	es
uct.disciplina	Ingeniería Química	es
uct.disciplina	Bioquímica	es
uct.disciplina	Ingeniería Medioambiental	es
uct.disciplina	Química Medioambiental	es
uct.facultad	Facultad de Ingeniería	es
uct.facultad	Facultad de Recursos Naturales	es