Airlift bioreactors for bioremediation of water contaminated with hydrocarbons in agricultural regions
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Elber José Sandoval-Herazo
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Israel Rodríguez-Torres
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Guillermo Espinosa-Reyes
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Manuel Alejandro Lizardi-Jiménez
Abstract
The superficial gas velocity (Ug) values of 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 cm s−1 showed a diesel consumption of 59.70, 58.20 and 65.20 %, respectively. The productivity of the airlift bioreactors (ALBs) was 0.030, 0.026 and 0.034 g L−1 d−1, respectively. During 10 days of operation, the emulsification index (E 24 %) values for Ug 1.0, 2.0 and 2.0 cm s−1 were 15.79, 15.07 and 12.85 %, respectively. Likewise, an increase in the degradation and suspended solids was observed when increasing the Ug from 1.0 to 2.0 cm s−1 of the ALBs, whereas a decrease in emulsification index E 24 % was observed for an Ug of 2.0 cm s−1. According to the results, the Ug of 2.0 cm s−1 was the most effective for increasing the degradation of diesel and growth of the consortium among the Ug evaluated. Furthermore, the reduction of E 24 % in this Ug suggests that the consortium uses a mixed form of hydrocarbon consumption, both by direct contact and in emulsified form.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to CONAHCyT (México) for the doctoral scholarship, No. 856534.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. Conceptualization was performed by Elber José Sandoval-Herazo and Manuel Alejandro Lizardi-Jiménez. Writing – original draft was by Elber José Sandoval-Herazo. Writing – review, and editing were performed by Elber José Sandoval-Herazo, Israel Rodríguez-Torres, Guillermo Espinosa-Reyes, and Manuel Alejandro Lizardi-Jiménez. The visualization was performed by Elber José Sandoval-Herazo and Manuel Alejandro Lizardi-Jiménez. The supervision was carried out by Manuel Alejandro Lizardi-Jiménez. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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- Thermodynamic and kinetic study on the catalysis of tributyl aconitate by Amberlyst-15 in a cyclic fixed-bed reactor
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