Continuous treatment of gas-phase trichloroethylene by Burkholderia cepacia G4 in a two-stage continuous stirred tank reactor/trickling biofilter system.
A two-stage continuous stirred tank reactor/trickling biofilter system was developed and operated for continuous treatment of gas-phase trichloroethylene (TCE) by Burkholderia cepacia. The maximum TCE elimination capacity was 28.0 mg TCE/l.d, and complete removal of TCE was obtained for inlet loading below 25.3 mg TCE/l.d. The reactor system was stably operated for more than 3 months.
Lee
Eun Yeol
EY
Department of Food Science and Technology, Kyungsung University, Busan 608-736, Korea. eylee@star.ksu.ac.kr