A 43-L column photobioreactor was tested for the treatment of acetonitrile using a symbiotic consortium consisting of a Chlorella sorokiniana strain and a Comamonas strain. Complete biodegradation of 1 g acetonitrile/l was achieved in 79 hours under continuous illumination at 500 μE/m2 s and 26 °C. When the photobioreactor was operated at 26 °C under a 14/10 hours light/dark illumination regime at 500 μE/m2 s, complete mineralization of 1 g acetonitrile/l was achieved in 111 hours. However, when acetonitrile was supplied at 2 g/l, the biodegradation process was severely inhibited by the increase of pH and NH4+ concentration during cultivation. In addition to saving energy for aeration, the microalgae assimilated 33% of the NH4+ released during acetonitrile biodegradation, which significantly reduces the need for subsequent nitrogen removal.
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June 01 2005
Photosynthetically oxygenated acetonitrile biodegradation by an algal-bacterial microcosm: a pilot-scale study
R. Muñoz;
1Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden (E-mail: catherinerolvering@web.de; Benoit.guieysse@biotek.lu.se; Bo.Mattiasson@biotek.lu.se)
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C. Rolvering
1Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden (E-mail: catherinerolvering@web.de; Benoit.guieysse@biotek.lu.se; Bo.Mattiasson@biotek.lu.se)
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B. Guieysse
1Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden (E-mail: catherinerolvering@web.de; Benoit.guieysse@biotek.lu.se; Bo.Mattiasson@biotek.lu.se)
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B. Mattiasson
1Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden (E-mail: catherinerolvering@web.de; Benoit.guieysse@biotek.lu.se; Bo.Mattiasson@biotek.lu.se)
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Water Sci Technol (2005) 51 (12): 261–265.
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R. Muñoz, C. Rolvering, B. Guieysse, B. Mattiasson; Photosynthetically oxygenated acetonitrile biodegradation by an algal-bacterial microcosm: a pilot-scale study. Water Sci Technol 1 June 2005; 51 (12): 261–265. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2005.0479
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