An External Loop Airlift Bioreactor with a small amount (99% porosity) of stainless steel mesh packing inserted in the riser section was used for bioremediation of a phenol polluted air stream. The packing enhanced VOC and oxygen mass transfer rates and provided a large surface area for cell immobilization. Using a pure strain of Pseudomonas putida, fed-batch and continuous runs at three different dilution rates were completed with phenol in the polluted air as the only source of growth substrate. 100% phenol removal was achieved at phenol loading rates up to 33120 mg/h.m3 using only one third of the column, superior to any previously reported biodegradation rates of phenol polluted air with 100% efficiency. A mathematical model has been developed and is shown to accurately predict the transient and steady state data.

An External Loop Airlift Bioreactor with a small amount (99% porosity) of stainless steel mesh packing inserted in the riser section was used for bioremediation of a phenol polluted air stream. The packing enhanced VOC and oxygen mass transfer rates and provided a large surface area for cell immobilization. Using a pure strain of Pseudomonas putida, fed-batch and continuous runs at three different dilution rates were completed with phenol in the polluted air as the only source of growth substrate. 100% phenol removal was achieved at phenol loading rates up to 33120 mg/h.m3 using only one third of the column, superior to any previously reported biodegradation rates of phenol polluted air with 100% efficiency. A mathematical model has been developed and is shown to accurately predict the transient and steady state data.

Orientador: João Cláudio Thoméo / Banca: José Teixeira Freire / Banca: Maria Aparecida Mauro / Resumo: O propósito deste trabalho foi obter parâmetros físicos e térmicos para simulação de reatores de leito fixo para fermentação em estado sólido (FES), empregando rejeitos sólidos agroindustriais como substratos e fungos como agentes fermentativos. Os materiais estudados foram bagaço de cana, resíduo agroindustrial comumente empregado na FES, e um meio composto por bagaços de cana e laranja e farelo de trigo na proporção 1:2:2 (p/p), substrato empregado para obtenção de enzimas pectinolíticas por FES. Foi determinada a condutividade térmica na estagnação (K0) pelo método da sonda linear. Observou-se que a condutividade era muito baixa para os recheios secos (inferior a 0,1 W/mºC), mas aumentava bruscamente para recheios muito úmidos (atingindo 0,5 W/mºC), o que foi atribuído à condução de calor através da água. Também foram determinados os parâmetros térmicos dos leitos percolados por ar com baixas vazões, típicas da FES. Os valores da condutividade térmica efetiva radial (Kr) obtidos foram muito baixos, tendendo ao valor da estagnação, e os valores do coeficiente convectivo de transferência de calor parede-fluido (hp) foram muito inferiores aos encontrados na literatura, devido às baixas vazões de ar. Foram desenvolvidos programas para aquisição de dados experimentais de temperatura por meio do software de interface gráfica LabView (National Instruments). Também foram desenvolvidos programas em MatLab para cálculo dos parâmetros térmicos dos sistemas, tanto para o modelo unidimensional (coeficiente global U) quanto para o bidimensional. Esses programas permitiram calcular os parâmetros térmicos imediatamente após aquisição dos dados do processo. Programas de simulação numérica foram desenvolvidos em MatLab para simular o crescimento do fungo termofílico Thermomucor indicae seudaticae N31 e o comportamento térmico do processo de FES... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The purpose of this work was to get physical and thermal parameters for simulation of reactors of fixed packed beds percolated by air for solid state fermentation (SSF), using agro- industrial solid residues as substrata and molds as fermentative agents. The materials studied were sugar cane bagasse, agro-industrial residue commonly used in SSF, and a medium composed by sugar cane and orange bagasses and wheat bran in ratio 1:2:2 (w/w), substratum used for pectinolitics enzymes attainment for SSF. The thermal conductivity on stagnation (K0) was determined by heating linear method. It was observed that the conductivity was very low for dried materials (below 0,1 W/mºC), but increased brusquely for very humid materials (reaching 0,5 W/mºC), what it was admitted to be due to conduction of heat through the water. Also the thermal parameters of the fixed packed beds percolated by air with low outflows, typical of SSF, had been determined. The values of the thermal conductivity radial effective (Kr) gotten had been very low, tending to the value of the stagnation, and the values of the convective coefficient of heat transfer wall-fluid (hp) had been very below to the found on literature, which had to the low air outflows. Programs for acquisition of experimental data of temperature by means of the software of graphical interface LabView had been developed (National Instruments). Also programs in MatLab for calculation of the thermal parameters of the systems had been developed, as much for the one-dimensional model (global coefficient U) how much for the two-dimensional. These programs had allowed calculating the thermal parameters immediately after acquisition of the data of the process. Programs of numerical simulation had been developed in MatLab to simulate the growth of thermopile mold Thermomucor indicae seudaticae N31 and the thermal behavior of the process of SSF lead by Umsza Guez... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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