Inhibition kinetics during the oxidation of binary mixtures of phenol with catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone by phenol acclimated activated sludge

In this work the aerobic degradation of phenol (PH), catechol (CA), resorcinol (RE), hydroquinone (HY) and the binary mixtures PH+CA, PH+RE, PH+HY by phenol-acclimated activated sludge was studied. Single substrate experiments show a Haldane-type dependence of the respiration rate on PH, RE and HY w...

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Autores: Lobo, Cintia Cecilia, Bertola, Nora Cristina, Contreras, Edgardo Martin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/34540
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/34540
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Phenolic compounds
Biodegradation
Respirometry
Activated sludge
Mathematical model
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.8
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Sumario:In this work the aerobic degradation of phenol (PH), catechol (CA), resorcinol (RE), hydroquinone (HY) and the binary mixtures PH+CA, PH+RE, PH+HY by phenol-acclimated activated sludge was studied. Single substrate experiments show a Haldane-type dependence of the respiration rate on PH, RE and HY while the Monod model corresponded to CA. Binary substrate experiments demonstrated that the presence of a second substrate only affected the kinetics, but not the stoichiometry of the oxidation of the tested compounds. While CA inhibited the oxidation of PH, PH inhibited the oxidation of RE and HY. A mathematical model was developed to represent the aerobic biodegradation of the tested phenolic compounds. The agreement between the proposed model and the experimental data indicates that the proposed model can be useful for predicting substrates and dissolved oxygen concentrations in bioreactors treating phenolic wastewaters.