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Ruthenium recovery from acetic acid waste water through sorption with bacterial biosorbent fibers

  • RTI Engineering R and D Center
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

A fibrous bacterial biosorbent was developed to bind precious metal-organic complexes in batch and column processes. Polyethylenimine (PEI)-modified bacterial biosorbent fiber (PBBF) was prepared by spinning Corynebacterium glutamicum biomass-chitosan blends, coating them with PEI and cross-linking with glutaraldehyde. When an acetic acid waste solution containing 1822.9. mg/L Ru was used as a model waste solution, Ru uptake by the PBBF was 16.5 times higher than that of the commercial ion exchange resin, Lewatit MonoPlus M600. The maximum amounts of Ru uptake were 110.5, 16.0 and 6.7. mg/g for PBBF, raw biomass, and Lewatit MonoPlus M600, respectively. In a flow-through packed bed, PBBF exhibited the breakthrough time of 42.32. h. Therefore, PBBF can be considered as an alternative sorbent for recovery of anionic metal-organic complexes from waste solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-35
Number of pages6
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume128
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013.01

Keywords

  • Acetic acid waste solution
  • Bacterial biosorbent fiber
  • Chitosan
  • Continuous flow fixed-bed column
  • Ruthenium

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

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

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