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Experimental Study of Biodegradation of Ethanol and Toluene Vapors

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Equation (5-65) indicates that the biomass concentration always depends on the<br />

substrate feed concentration (y in ), <strong>and</strong> the higher the feed concentration the higher will<br />

be the biomass concentration.<br />

If ethanol gas inlet concentration were kept constant with all dilution rates,<br />

biomass levels would be too high at low dilution rates <strong>and</strong> they will be too low for the<br />

higher dilution rates. Therefore, we can increase ethanol gas inlet concentrations as the<br />

dilution rate increases.<br />

y in<br />

e ,<br />

= f ( D * V / Q)<br />

(5-66)<br />

The prediction <strong>of</strong> continuous removal <strong>of</strong> ethanol was based on varying gas inlet<br />

concentrations (Equation (5-66)), i.e.<br />

y<br />

e , in<br />

proportionally increases with increasing<br />

dilution rates. Using the values <strong>of</strong> parameters obtained for ethanol bioremediation listed<br />

in Table 5.1, <strong>and</strong> operating under steady state continuous conditions<br />

−1<br />

( = 0.010C<br />

− mol / C − mol.<br />

h ) using the typical levels employed in this study<br />

m<br />

, c<br />

e<br />

24L<br />

/ h,<br />

V 1.5 )<br />

( Q = R<br />

L<br />

, the ethanol removal in a CSTR at steady state can be predicted<br />

=<br />

Figure 5-14a shows the results <strong>of</strong> biomass (X), substrate (ethanol, C e ), ammonia<br />

by Equations (5-63) <strong>and</strong> (5-65) as a function <strong>of</strong> dilution rate <strong>and</strong> inlet ethanol<br />

concentration.<br />

(C n ), <strong>and</strong> dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations for different values <strong>of</strong> ethanol addition<br />

rates. In Figure 5-14a, the term m e,c is significant at low dilution rates, <strong>and</strong> the biomass<br />

concentration (X) becomes smaller than if maintenance is neglected; i.e. at low dilution<br />

rates, the substrate is consumed for maintenance <strong>of</strong> the biomass. At very high dilution<br />

rates (close to μ m ), the cells are washed out (X=0), <strong>and</strong> the ethanol concentration (C e )<br />

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