An upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor was successfully applied to continuous degradation of ferric ethylene diamine tetraacetate (Fe-EDTA) as a typical xenobiotic substance contained in photo-processing wastewater. The sludge in the UASB reactor had an abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), which had been anaerobically cultivated in a sulfate-rich culture medium including Fe-EDTA and yeast-extract as the carbon sources. Since the prominent reductions of Fe-EDTA and sulfate ion were observed, the contribution of SRB to Fe-EDTA degradation in the UASB reactor was confirmed. The aggregated sludge in the UASB reactor became gradually large reaching steady state with an equivalent diameter of 60-90 μm after 124 days operation. An increase of the amount of yeast extract addition to feed solution improved the Fe-EDTA removal efficiency up to 90%. Moreover, the combination of ozone treatment with SRB treatment further improved removal efficiency of total organic carbon (TOC) in an actual photo-processing wastewater composed of fixing and developing wastes.
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December 01 2004
Degradation of xenobiotic substances using sulfate-reducing bacteria in a UASB reactor
S. Tsuneda;
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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T. Shiono;
T. Shiono
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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K. Nakamura;
K. Nakamura
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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T. Dogan;
T. Dogan
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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A. Hirata
A. Hirata
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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Water Sci Technol (2004) 48 (11-12): 227–234.
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S. Tsuneda, T. Shiono, K. Nakamura, T. Dogan, A. Hirata; Degradation of xenobiotic substances using sulfate-reducing bacteria in a UASB reactor. Water Sci Technol 1 December 2004; 48 (11-12): 227–234. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0848
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S. Tsuneda, T. Shiono, K. Nakamura, T. Dogan, A. Hirata; Degradation of xenobiotic substances using sulfate-reducing bacteria in a UASB reactor. Water Sci Technol 1 December 2004; 48 (11-12): 227–234. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0848
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