Biological removal of methanol from process condensate for the purpose of reclamation.
The biological removal of methanol from condensate of ammonia manufacturing processes for the purpose of reclamation using contact type reactor was studied. Methanol of 60 mg/L was removed completely under an HRT of 1.12 h. Optimal inorganic nutrient dose was determined on evaluating methanol removal performance and dehydrogenase activities (DHA) under different nutrition doses. The optimal inorganic nutrient dose only gave an increase of conductivity of ca. 10 micros/cm2 in the effluent on treating synthetic condensate containing methanol of 30 mg/L. The results demonstrated that biological removal of methanol was effective for the purpose of recovering the methanol-bearing condensate.
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. yangmin@mail.rcees.ac.cn
Yan-ming
YM
Wang
Min
M
Yang
Yu
Y
Zhang
Meng-chun
MC
Gao
Jing
J
Zhang
D000641:Ammonia / Q000737:chemistry*; D019149:Bioreactors; D002617:Chemical Industry; D007220:Industrial Waste; D000432:Methanol / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*
D007220:Industrial Waste; D000641:Ammonia; D000432:Methanol