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| Title: |
Inhibition of the acetoclastic methanogenic activity by phenol and alkyl phenols |
| Author: |
Olguin-Lora, P. Puig-Grajales, L. Razo-Flores, E. |
| Appeared in: |
Environmental technology |
| Paging: | Volume 24 (2003) nr. 8 pages 999-1006 |
| Year: |
2003-08 |
| Contents: |
Chemical and petrochemical industries are important sources of aromatic pollutants. Petrochemical processes like caustic washing of middle distillates produce the spent caustic liquors highly concentrated in phenol and alkyl phenols. The anaerobic technology is considered a feasible strategy for petrochemical wastewater pre-treatment although high concentrations of phenol could limit its efficiency. The goal of this work was to determine the toxicity of both selected alkyl phenols and a synthetic “spent-caustic phenols mixture”; on the acetoclastic Specific Methanogenic Activity (SMA) of un-adapted and phenol-adapted granular sludge. Alkyl phenols were responsible for 50% (IC50) and 100% (IC100) inhibition of the SMA at concentrations ranging from 1.6 to 5.0 mM and from 4.1 to 27.5 mM, respectively, for un-adapted granular sludge. In the case of phenol-adapted granular sludge, the inhibitory concentrations ranged from 1.7 to 14.9 mM and from 4.0 to 83.0 for IC50 and 1C100, respectively, highlighting the impact of sludge acclimation. The inhibition produced by 2-ethylphenol was more acute compared to phenol and was not reduced by the phenol acclimation process. The IC50 and IC100 values obtained for the synthetic “spent-caustic phenols mixture”; were 9.5 mM and 88.4 mM, respectively. The inhibitory concentrations of phenol compounds were closely correlated with compound apolarity (log P), indicating that the lipophilic character of the tested compounds was responsible for their methanogenic toxicity. An inhibition model is confirmed to estimate the 1C50 and IC100. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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