title: Biofiltration of xylene using wood charcoal as the biofilter media under transient and high loading conditions.
abstract: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of wood charcoal as biofilter media under transient and high loading condition. Biofiltration of xylene was investigated for 150days in a laboratory scale unit packed with wood charcoal and inoculated with mixed microbial culture at the xylene loading rates ranged from 12 to 553gm-3h-1. The kinetic analysis of the xylene revealed absence of substrate inhibition and possibility of achieving higher elimination under optimum condition. The pH, temperature, pressure drop and CO2production rate were regularly monitored during the experiments. Throughout experimental period, the removal efficiency (RE) was found to be in the range of 65-98.7% and the maximum elimination capacity (EC) was 405.7gm-3h-1. Molecular characterization results show Bacillus sp. as dominating microbial group in the biofilm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Geed
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kureel
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: Surendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India. Electronic address: rssingh.che@itbhu.ac.in.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002606:Charcoal; D005374:Filtration; D007700:Kinetics; D014934:Wood; D014992:Xylenes
chemical_list: D014992:Xylenes; D002606:Charcoal
keywords: Bacillus sp.; Biofiltration; Wood charcoal; Xylene