Biological sulfate reduction in an UASB reactor Fed with ethanol as electron donorстатья
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Местоположение издательства:Road Town, United Kingdom
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Аннотация:A process of biological reduction of sulfate was investigated using a 3-1 laboratory UASB reactor (35°C) with conventional anaerobic sludge and ethanol (a relatively cheap reagent) as a sole electron donor and carbon source. High sulfate-conversion efficiencies (SCE) of up to 80% were obtained at sulfate loading rates (SLR) of up to 6 g S O 4 2-(1 day) (hydraulic retention times (HRT), 5-0.85 days; influent sulfate concentrations, 0.84-5 g/l). Further increasing the SLR to 10 g SO 4 2-/(1 day) caused the SCE to decrease to 60%. The SCE slightly decreased with a decrease in HRT, was almost independent of the influent sulfate concentration, and lineally increased with the increase in medium pH, i.e., with the decrease in the concentration of undissociated H 2S. Thus, to reach a high SCE at a high SLR, additional measures should be taken to eliminate undissociated H 2S from the reactor medium. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) won the competition with methanogens for the energy and carbon sources in this system. The predominance of SRB was continuously enhanced with time, although complete cessation of methane production was not observed even after 8 months of the experiment. It is speculated that the microbial sulfate reduction can be followed by stripping of the H 2S formed or chemical (biological) processes of further conversion of H 2S to sulfur and/or sulfuric acid.