Bioremediation of industrial VOC air pollutants
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hill, Gordon A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Nemati, Mehdi | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lin, Yen-Han | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Fleming, Ian R. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Phoenix, Aaron | en_US |
| dc.creator | Nikakhtari, Hossein | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-03-29T16:49:20Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T04:27:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-04-03T08:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T04:27:29Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2006-03 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-03-09 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | March 2006 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | An External Loop Airlift Bioreactor with a small amount (99% porosity) of stainless steel mesh packing inserted in the riser section was used for bioremediation of a phenol polluted air stream. The packing enhanced VOC and oxygen mass transfer rates and provided a large surface area for cell immobilization. Using a pure strain of Pseudomonas putida, fed-batch and continuous runs at three different dilution rates were completed with phenol in the polluted air as the only source of growth substrate. 100% phenol removal was achieved at phenol loading rates up to 33120 mg/h.m3 using only one third of the column, superior to any previously reported biodegradation rates of phenol polluted air with 100% efficiency. A mathematical model has been developed and is shown to accurately predict the transient and steady state data. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03292006-164920 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bioremediation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biofilm | en_US |
| dc.subject | Phenol | en_US |
| dc.subject | Loop Bioreactor | en_US |
| dc.subject | Packed Bed Bioreactor | en_US |
| dc.subject | Air Pollution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mass Transfer | en_US |
| dc.title | Bioremediation of industrial VOC air pollutants | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | en_US |