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Experimental Study of Biodegradation of Ethanol and Toluene Vapors

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ethanol loading was beyond the maximum uptake rate <strong>of</strong> the cells due to oxygen<br />

limitation. There was no detectable ethanol bypassing the reactor in gas phase under all<br />

the above operating conditions.<br />

<strong>Ethanol</strong> <strong>and</strong> biomass concentration, g/L<br />

3<br />

2.5<br />

2<br />

1.5<br />

1<br />

0.5<br />

0<br />

Cgin<br />

=15.9 mg/L<br />

Cgin<br />

=19.5 mg/L<br />

0 20 40 60<br />

Time, h<br />

X(batch start)<br />

X at Cgin = 19.5 mg/L<br />

X at Cgin = 15.9 mg/L<br />

ethanol in liquid<br />

Figure 4-11. Continuous removal <strong>of</strong> ethanol from a polluted gas stream by<br />

Pseudomonas putida at a dilution rate <strong>of</strong> 0.1h -1 <strong>and</strong> 25.0°C, <strong>and</strong> at inlet<br />

ethanol concentrations <strong>of</strong> 15.9 <strong>and</strong> 19.5 mg/L (no detectable ethanol or<br />

acetic acid in the liquid)<br />

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