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Experimental Study of Biodegradation of Ethanol and Toluene Vapors

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emoval <strong>of</strong> ethanol at 25 mg/L <strong>of</strong> gas inlet concentration. At the instant <strong>of</strong> the gas inlet<br />

concentration being changed to 25 mg/L, the biomass reaches a higher level, which<br />

requires more oxygen for growth. The dissolved oxygen level decreased rapidly to zero,<br />

which is obviously below the critical value. At this condition an unwanted product,<br />

acetic acid, was formed which caused the pH level to decrease, which in turn inhibited<br />

the growth <strong>of</strong> the bacteria. The derivation <strong>of</strong> the unsteady state operation <strong>of</strong> the reactor<br />

is given in Appendix F. The transient, continuous flow model can appropriately capture<br />

the transient experimental data such as variation <strong>of</strong> gas inlet concentrations (See Figure<br />

5-7 <strong>and</strong> Appendix F).<br />

Biomass <strong>and</strong> substrate concentrations,<br />

g/L; DO, mg/L<br />

4<br />

3.5<br />

3<br />

2.5<br />

2<br />

1.5<br />

1<br />

0.5<br />

0<br />

S<br />

X<br />

Cgin=15.9 mg/L<br />

Cgin=25.0<br />

mg/L<br />

0 20 40 60 80<br />

ethanol (cont.)<br />

acetic acid<br />

Biomass<br />

DO, mg/L<br />

Time, h<br />

Figure 5-21. Removal <strong>of</strong> ethanol from gas stream in a continuous mode at dilution<br />

rate <strong>of</strong> 0.1 h -1 150

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