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dc.creatorAroca,Germán
dc.creatorUrrutia,Homero
dc.creatorNúñez,Dariela
dc.creatorOyarzún,Patricio
dc.creatorArancibia,Alejandra
dc.creatorGuerrero,Karlo
dc.date2007-10-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T12:44:28Z
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582007000400005
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/84974
dc.descriptionEmissions of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) by industrial activities is frequent cause of corrosion and unpleasant odours. Treatment of gaseous emissions contaminated with H2S by biotrickling filters inoculated with single cultures of sulfur oxidizer bacteria exhibit several advantages over physicochemical methods, such as shorter adaptation times and higher removal ability. Biofilms of Thiobacillus thioparus and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans have proved to exhibit high removal capacities, yet no comparative studies between them have been reported. This article reports the efficiency of biotrickling filters inoculated with T. thioparus and A. thiooxidans under similar conditions excepting the pH, that was the optimal for the bacterial growth, for the removal of H2S. The support was selected by determining the respirometric coefficients of the biomass. The maximum removal capacity of the biofilter inoculated with T. thioparus, operating within the range of pH (5.5-7.0) was 14 gS m-3 h-1, lower the value obtained for the biotrickling filter inoculated with A. thiooxidans; 370 gS m-3 h-1. Therefore, it is concluded that acid biotrickling filter inoculated with A. thiooxidans constitute the best strategy to remove H2S, with the advantage that the system not require an exhaustive pH control of the liquid media.
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dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
dc.relation10.4067/S0717-34582007000400005
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.10 n.4 2007
dc.subjectAcidithiobacillus thiooxidans
dc.subjectbiofilm
dc.subjectbiofiltration
dc.subjecthydrogen sulfide
dc.subjectThiobacillus thioparus
dc.titleComparison on the removal of hydrogen sulfide in biotrickling filters inoculated with Thiobacillus thioparus and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans


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