Azo dye mineralization by Phanerochaete chysosporium in a sequencing bath reactor

The mineralization of the azo dye congo red by the fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium was studied in two sequential batch bioreactors (R1 and R2), operated in cycles of 48 h (step I) and 24 h (step II). In step I, glucose concentration was 1 g.L-1 in both reactors and in step II, 1 g.L-1 of glucose was maintained in R1, but R2 received no addition of glucose. In step I, the average dye removal efficiencies were 76 ± 29 % (R1) and 53 ± 15% (R2), while in step II the averages recorded for dye removal for R1 and R2 were 84 ± 15 and 70 ± 28%, respectively. The rates of dye removal were 0.04 h-1 in R1 and 0.03 h-1 in R2 in step I. Higher rates were obtained in step II, 0,07 h-1 and 0,02 h-1 for R1 and R2, respectively. The highest dye removal occurred in R1 and, in R2, the residual dye was further removed. Laccase was the oxidised at higher amount, in step I was 54 mol.min-1 for R1 and 38 molmin-1 for R2. The proposed treatment system was very effective in removing the azo dye, however the mineralization may not be complete and some by-products may have been formed, according to spectrofotometric analysis, were the peak corresponding to benzene, 220 nm, persisted.Acknowledges to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) - Brazil for financial assistance Process no. 479374/2012-0.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Treatment of water with aromatic hydrocarbons by use of sequential batch reactor with fungi inoculum

Um reator em batelada, aerado, com biomassa imobilizada de Aspergillus niger AN400 foi operado durante 10 ciclos de 7 dias para remover benzeno (200 mg.L-1), tolueno (200 mg.L-1) e xileno (50 mg.L-1) - BTX - e de nutrientes de meio basal. O reator era alimentado semanalmente com 4 L do meio e glicose - 1 g.L-1, na Fase I, e 0,5 g.L-1, na Fase II. Os BTX foram detectados até o quarto dia de operação, em todos os ciclos. As melhores eficiências médias de remoção foram na Fase I: 75%de matéria orgânica solúvel, 80% de ortofosfato e 77% de amônia. O reator pode ser uma alternativa viável para tratamento de águas poluídas com BTX, porém há a necessidade de estudar o comportamento do reator durante período de operação mais longo e com ciclos reacionais mais curtos, bem como da identificação dos metabólitos produzidos

Aspergillus niger AN 400 AS INOCULUM OF BATCH REACTORS FOR REMOVAL OF THE CONGO RED DYE IN SYNTHETIC AQUEOUS MEDIUM

A espÃcie Aspergillus niger AN 400 foi inoculada em reatores em batelada com o objetivo de remover corante vermelho do congo de meio sintÃtico e estudar a eficiÃncia do tratamento na presenÃa e ausÃncia de glicose e o efeito da imobilizaÃÃo da biomassa sobre a otimizaÃÃo do processo. Foram utilizados 84 reatores, confeccionados em vidro e vedados com tampa rosqueÃvel, e com volume Ãtil de 1,5 L, sendo o ar fornecido por mini-compressores de ar. O experimento abrangeu perÃodo de 25 dias e os reatores foram agrupados de acordo com sua respectiva funÃÃo em: 14 reatores de controle sem meio suporte; 14 reatores de controle com meio suporte; 14 reatores com biomassa fÃngica dispersa; 14 reatores com biomassa fÃngica dispersa e adiÃÃo de 1 g/L de glicose; 14 reatores com biomassa imobilizada e 14 reatores com biomassa imobilizada e adiÃÃo de 1 g/L de glicose. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a maior eficiÃncia de remoÃÃo do corante ocorreu nos reatores contendo biomassa imobilizada, com meio com glicose (87%) e meio sem glicose (85%). A glicose, na concentraÃÃo utilizada, nÃo influenciou na eficiÃncia do processo. A remoÃÃo de matÃria orgÃnica, em termos de DQO, nÃo acompanhou a remoÃÃo do corante, o que foi atribuÃdo à provÃvel presenÃa de subprodutos da degradaÃÃo do corante e compostos excretados no meio pelos microrganismos. A imobilizaÃÃo da biomassa nas espumas de poliuretano foi determinante para a eficiÃncia do processo, uma vez que os fungos estavam estabelecidos na forma de biofilme, representando um mecanismo contra o efeito tÃxico do poluente.The species Aspergillus niger AN 400 has been inoculated in batch in order to remove Congo Red dye from the synthetic environment and study the treatment efficiency in the presence and absence of glucose and the biomass immobilization effect on the process optimization. It has been applied 84 reactors, produced and held in a screw top container of glass, which had a useful capacity of 1,5 L, whilst the air was supplied by small compressors. The experiment lasted a period of 25 days and the reactors without support medium; 14 control reactors with dispersed fungal biomass on which was added glucose (1 g/L); 14 reactors with immobilized fungal biomass and 14 reactors with immobilized fungal biomass on which was added glucose (1 g/L). The results obtained demonstrated that the greatest efficiency in removing the dye occurred in the reactors containing immobilized biomass in a environment with glucose concentration (87%) or not (85%). The glucose considering the utilized concentration has not performed any influence on the process efficiency. The organic matter removal which was assigned to the likely presence of by products originated by the dye and compounds expelled in the environment by microorganisms. The immobilization of the biomass in the polyurethane foams was determinant to the process efficiency as fungus was in a biofilm shape, representing a mechanism against the toxic effect of the pollutant

Viabilidade do tratamento de água residuária sintética têxtil em reator aeróbio de leito fixo

A continuous flow reactor, inoculated with Aspergillus niger AN400, with total volume of 5 L was operated at 29 degrees C, with eight hours of retention hydraulic time and 150 L.h(-1) of air flow rate in order to remove 25 mg.L(-1) of Congo Red dye from a synthetic wastewater. The feeding of the reactor, inoculated with Aspergillus niger AN400, was done in two phases: Phase I, with 0,5 g/L of saccharose and Phase II, with no saccharose. In Phase I, it was possible to verify efficiencies of organic matter and color (mg Pt.L(-1)) removal of 80 +/- 16% and 82 +/- 10%, respectively. In Phase II, the efficiency of organic matter removal was 75 +/- 13% and color removal was 89 +/- 7%. The higher removals of nutrients were achieved by the reactor in Phase I with 25% to ammonia, 90% to nitrite, 93% to nitrate and 21% to phosphorus. Apparently, the presence of saccharose improved the removal of the nutrients

Remoção de corante por uso de Aspergillus niger AN400 em reator em bateladas sequenciais

A sequential batch reactor (4 L) inoculated with Aspergillus niger was operated in order to remove congo red dye (10 mg L-1). The feeding of the reactor was done to each 7 days. The glucose was added in the concentration of 1 g.L-1 (Stage I) and 0.5 g L-1 (Stage II). The Stage III occurred without glucose addition. The Stage I was great to process, because the system reached the greater dye removal (95%) as well as the kinetic parameters ware the best - K M (0.7 g L-1) and k1 (0.025 h-1)

Azo dye degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium in the medium enriched with nitrogen in the presence of primary co-substrate

This work sought to evaluate the ability of fungi Phanerochaete chryosporium to degrade congo red azo dye in batch reactor, evaluate the influence of glucose and wheat bran as co-substrates on the removal of the dye in the medium and investigate the influence of ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate as the inorganic nitrogen source for the process. Wheat bran was not effective satisfactorily for the removal of dye and organic matter had no desired effect for the removal of color and organic matter and showed the lowest values of k2, 0.008 M-1.d-1and 0.0004 M-1.d-1, respectively. Glucose presented the best response with the highest final percentage of dye removal (97%) and rate of dye removal (0.017 M-1.d-1), without adding an external source of nitrogen