Biofiltration of high concentration of hydrogen sulphide using Thiobacillus thioparus

Patricio Oyarzún; Fernando Arancibia; Christian Canales; Germán E. Aroca

doi:10.1016/S0032-9592(03)00050-5

Biofiltration of high concentration of hydrogen sulphide using Thiobacillus thioparus

Patricio Oyarzún
, Fernando Arancibia
, Christian Canales
, Germán E. Aroca^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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Abstract

A biofiltration system using peat as solid support inoculated with Thiobacillus thioparus (ATCC 23645) was developed for treating a gaseous stream containing high concentrations of H₂S. The inoculation systems allowed an efficient colonisation of the peat with T. thioparus, reaching 2.7 x 10⁸ cells g^-1 of dry peat. The biofilter reached an efficiency of 100% when fed with 355 ppm H₂S and an air flow of 0. 030 m³ h^-1. When increasing the inlet concentration of the acid, the removal efficiencies of H₂S decreased, reaching 90 and 60%, at 0.070 and 0.030 m³ h^-1, respectively. A maximum value for the elimination capacities of 55 g m^-3 h^-1 was obtained. Mathematical modelling based on Ottengraf's model enabled a prediction of the performance of the biofilter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-170
Number of pages	6
Journal	Process Biochemistry
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-9592(03)00050-5
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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This research was funded by the National Fund for Science and Technology (FONDECYT), Project 1000302, and the Catholic University of Valparaı́so.

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