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Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds using Candida tropicalis Immobilized on Polymer Gel Media in an Airlift Loop Bioreactor  

NamGung, Hyeong-Kyu (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Sejong University)
Ha, Jeong-Hyub (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Sejong University)
Hwang, Sun-Jin (Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kyunghee University)
Song, Ji-Hyeon (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Sejong University)
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Abstract
This research was performed to improve removal efficiency of toluene and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) using Candida tropicalis, one of the yeast species. An airlift loop bioreactor (ALB) was employed to enhance the capability of mass transfer for toluene and MEK from the gas phase to the liquid, microbial phase. Polymer gel media made from PAC, alginate and PEG was applied for the effective immobilization of the yeast strain on the polymer gel media. The experimental results indicated that the mass transfer coefficient of toluene without polymer gel media was 1.29 $min^{-1}$ at a gas retention time of 15 sec, whereas the KLa value for toluene was increased to 4.07 $min^{-1}$ by adding the media, confirming the enhanced mass transfer of volatile organic compounds between the gas and liquid phases. The removal efficiency of toluene and MEK by using yeast-immobilized polymer gel media in the ALB was greater than 80% at different pollutant loading rates (5, 10, 19 and 37 g/$m^3$/hr for toluene, 4.5, 8.9, 17.8 and 35.1 g/$m^3$/hr for MEK). In addition, an elimination capacity test conducted by changing inlet loading rates stepwise demonstrated that maximum elimination capacities for toluene and MEK were 70.4 and 56.4 g/$m^3$/hr, respectively.
Keywords
Volatile organic compounds; Candida tropicalis; Polymer gel media; Airlift loop bioreactor;
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