Open AccessPotential application of an Aspergillus strain in a pilot biofilter for benzene biodegradation
Author(s) -
Da Sun,
Kun Zhang,
Chaojun Duan,
Wei Wu,
Daiyong Deng,
Donghong Yu,
M. Babar Shahzad,
Dake Xu,
Ju Tang,
Li Luo,
Jia Chen,
Jinxuan Wang,
Yidan Chen,
Xiang Xie,
Guixue Wang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
scientific reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.24
H-Index - 213
ISSN - 2045-2322
DOI - 10.1038/srep46059
Subject(s) - biofilter , benzene , biodegradation , xylene , degradation (telecommunications) , strain (injury) , pulp and paper industry , biofilm , environmental science , materials science , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental engineering , bacteria , biology , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , telecommunications , anatomy , genetics
A biofilter with fungus was developed for efficient degradation of benzene, which can overcome the potential risk of leakage commonly found in such services. Results indicated that the optimum parameter values were temperature 40 °C, pH 6, and 500 mg L −1 of the initial benzene concentration. Besides, the empty bed residence time and inlet load range of biofilter were set to 20 s and 21.23–169.84 g m −3 h −1 respectively. Under these conditions, this biofilter can obtain the maximum removal efficiency of more than 90%, the eliminating capacity could be up to 151.67 g m −3 h −1 . Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy was used to investigate three filler materials for packing fungus biofilm. This is the first study introducing an Aspergillus strain for benzene removal and these results highlight that the development of this biofilter has the potential scaling-up application as gas-processing of industrial wastes.