Degradation of chlorophenols by sequential biological-advanced oxidative process using Trametes pubescens and TiO(2)/UV.
The degradation of 2-chlorophenol (2-CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) and pentachlorophenol (PCP) via biological, advanced oxidative process (AOP) and sequential biological-AOP was investigated in this work. The white-rot fungus Trametes pubescens was used for the biodegradation of chlorophenols, while in AOP TiO(2)/UV was used. In the biological degradation, the effect of glucose as a cofactor was also evaluated. The highest degradations were obtained when the reaction medium was supplemented with glucose, ranging from 94.6% to 37.8%, with degradation activity for 2-CP>2,4-DCP>PCP>2,4,6-TCP. During the AOP the removal initial rate increased in the following order 2-CP>2,4,6-TCP>2,4-DCP>PCP, and the obtained degradation range from 82.0% to 24.0%. When biological removal process, supplemented with glucose, was followed for an AOP process, 100% degradation was obtained for all the chlorophenols tested. These results suggest that the white-rot fungi T. pubescens could be used for the degradation of xenobiotic compounds, and its use with an advanced oxidative process, in a sequential mode, may be considered to obtain a complete removal of them.
González
Luisa F
LF
Chemical Engineering Department, Group of Process and Product Design, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 E No. 19 A 40, Bogotá, Colombia.
Sarria
Victor
V
Sánchez
Oscar F
OF
D018533:Biomass; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D055454:Trametes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D002733:Chlorophenols; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium