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Biotechnological Sulphide-Removing
Reactor
INTRODUCTION
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Biomass
Analyses
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Figure I. Laboratory setup for a mixed continuously fed sulphide-oxidizing reactor: (a) gas-phase recy
cling pump; (b) strirrer; (c) separation between stirring compartment and the reactor (to protect the BSP's);
(d) pH-electrode; (e) oxygen sensor; (f) oxygen dosage valve, computer controlled; (g) HCI dosage pump,
computer controlled; (h) nutrient and trace elements solution dosage pump; (i) sulphide solution dosage
pump; U) tapwater pump; (k) heater, computer controlled; (I) PT-JOO (temperature measurement).
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(mg/Ll
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76
120
2.6
s2 influent
(rng/Ll
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BSP's
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100
Table I. The oxygen concentration at which the sulphur porduction is
maximal at different sulphide influent concentrations, at the same hydrau
lic retention time, in steady-state situations.
= soz
.,
'
'
10
15
20
time (days)
Figure 6. The relation between the number of PUR particles and the
sulphate concentration in reactor l (300 PUR particles at the start of the
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Table II. The mean sulphide, sulphur, and sulphate effluent concentrations and the activities of
the BSP's when the number of BSP's was decreased.
Number
of BSP's
Sulphide
effluent concentration
(mg/L)
300
2. 8
204
0.24
0.12
210
2.1
156
0.13
0.08
120
6.3
107
0.14
0.o7
9.1
65
0.14
0.04
60
d1stance/rad1us particle
Figure 7. The oxygen gradient measured using a microelectrode in a
PUR particle of 15 mm at an oxygen bulk concentration of 7 mg/L and a
sulphide concentration of 12 mg/L.
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Sulphate
effluent concentration
(mg/L)
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References
1. G. K. Anderson, T. Donnelly, and K . J. Mc Keown, Process
(1987).
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6, 529 (1972).