Sulfur-containing organic solvents or carbon disulfide have been used extensively in semiconductor, TFT-LCD, and synthetic fiber (viscous rayon) industries in the last decades. These compounds can easily be converted into reduced-sulfur ones which exhibit low odor threshold characteristics and arise public complaints once releasing into environments. This paper intended to oxide these compounds by both chemical and biological approaches for the purpose of odor reduction.
The first topic was investigations on the oxidation of aqueous DMS (dimethyl sulfide) by using sodium hypochlorite as an oxidant. Results indicated that with an initial DMS concentration of 100 mg/L, it required only 0.75 min or 45 s to convert the DMS completely into its final oxidation product, DMSO2 (dimethyl sulfur dioxide). The required dosage of the oxidant was a little less than the theoretical value. In addition, it was found that initial pH of the batch reaction liquid be kept at around 8.2 for achieving a neutral final solution which emitted only a trace of gaseous chlorine and hydrochloric acid odors.
The second one was a trail investigation on the biodegradation of gas-borne hydrogen sulfide and carbon disulfide by a trickling-bed biofilter packed solely with fern chips. Glucose and milk powder were used as main nutrients for microbial film development and enhancer for the biodegradation of sulfides. Results indicated that after an acclimation period of around two months, approximately 99 and 86% of the influent hydrogen sulfide (10-20 ppm) and carbon disulfide (20-60 ppm), respectively, could be removed with an empty bed retention time of around 63 s for the gas in the packed bed. Both neutral or acidic environments were suitable for the biodegradation reaction and the metabolites (mainly, sulfuric acid) could easily be removed from the chips by washing them with water. In the future, efforts should be done to increase the removal capacity of carbon disulfide.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0831109-151712 |
| Date | 31 August 2009 |
| Creators | Wu, Ching-yi |
| Contributors | Mei-Jywan Syu, Ming-Shean Chou, Yuan-Chung Lin |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0831109-151712 |
| Rights | withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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