Journal of odor and indoor environment (실내환경 및 냄새 학회지)

Korean Society for Indoor Environment (한국실내환경학회)
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Application of fungal cultivation in biofiltration systems for hydrogen sulfide removal

황화수소 처리를 위한 바이오필터 기술의 곰팡이 적용 가능성

  • Lee, Junehyung (Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Daekeun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
  • 이준형 (서울과학기술대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 김대근 (서울과학기술대학교 환경공학과)
  • Received : 2018.07.27
  • Accepted : 2018.08.28
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

A lab-scale biofilter with fungal growth has been studied to investigate the removal of gas-phase hydrogen sulfide. The biofilter inoculated initially with the aerobic activated sludge was operated for 100 days under acidic condition, and 0.36 L/d of the buffered nutrient with 0.05 g/L Chloramphenicol and Gentamicin was injected into the biofilter. The critical removal capacity of hydrogen sulfide was up to $22g/m^3/h$. The pH of the effluent liquid was stable at pH 1.5-2, corresponding to the volatile suspended solids of 20-50 mg/L. In microbial analysis through the plate count method, it was found that fungi were dominant over bacteria. The fungi isolated from biomass in the bilfilter were identified as Acidomyces acidophilus and Aspergillus fumigatus. Sulfate and thiosulfate were also detected in liquid samples, as a result of the biological sulfur oxidation in the biofilter bed. For the analysis of sulfur mass balance, the accumulated mass of sulfate and thiosulfate reached up to 67.5% of inlet sulfur. Sulfur was also detected on the biomass collected from the biofilter through Scanning electron microscopy/Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

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Supported by : 서울과학기술대학교

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