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Enhanced sulfate reduction with acidogenic sulfate-reducing bacteria

Aijie Wang, Nanqi Ren, Xu Wang, Duujong Lee

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Abstract

Sulfate reduction in a continuous flow, acidogenic reactor using molasses wastewater as the carbon source was studied at varying chemical oxygen demand/sulfate (COD/SO42-) ratios. At a critical COD/SO42- ratio of 2.7, neither COD nor sulfate were in excess for extra production of ethanol or acetate in the reactor. An acetic-type microbial metabolism was established with sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) significantly consuming hydrogen and volatile fatty acids produced by acidogenic bacteria and hydrogen producing acetogens in degrading COD, thereby yielding sulfate removal rate >94.6%. A low critical COD/SO42- ratio of 1.6 was also observed with the enriched ASRB population in reactor which overcomes the barrier to the treatment capability of sulfate-laden wastewater treatment with limited COD supply. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1060-1065
JournalJournal of Hazardous Materials
Volume154
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Research Keywords

  • Acetate
  • COD/SO42- ratio
  • Metabolism
  • Sulfate-reducing

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