Removal of volatile fatty acids with immobilized Rhodococcus sp. B261

  • Soon Il Yun*
  • , Yoshiyuki Ohta
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The removal of aqueous volatile fatty acids (VFA) in wastewater and spoiled waste-foods by immobilized Rhodococcus sp. B261 was investigated. The n-valeric acid (0.5%) was completely removed within 25 h under the following conditions; solution pH, 8.0; air flow rate, 0.2 l/min; superficial velocity, 0.96 h -1; temperature, 37°C. Under the optimized conditions, the acetic (8525 ppm), propionic (7310 ppm) and n-butyric (4360 ppm) except n-valeric (2572 ppm) acids from the wastewater were completely removed by immobilized Rhodococcus sp. B261 in 24 h. The acetic (7810 ppm), propionic (8942 ppm) and butyric (5730 ppm) acids from the solution of spoiled waste-foods were effectively removed by immobilized Rhodococcus sp. B261 from 48 h within 60 h but n-valeric acid (3625 ppm) took 72 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-46
Number of pages6
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume96
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005.01

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

  • Malodor
  • Trickling biofilter
  • Volatile fatty acids
  • Wastewater

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Environmental Sciences
  • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
  • Engineering - Chemical

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