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BTX Removal from Polluted Water Through Bioleaching Processes

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In this study, benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX) removal from contaminated water by physical, chemical, and biological processes was studied. Results showed that air sparging in polluted water can reduce monoaromatic compounds from 140,000 to about 5 μg/l in only 1 h process with a gassing rate of 0.33 VVM. This method cannot be considered as a green technology as pollutants are only transferred from the liquid phase to the gas phase The ultimate objective of this research was thus to evaluate the efficiency of a strategy involving BTX adsorption by granular-activated charcoal (GAC) and subsequent regeneration of this support by a bioleaching process. Analysis of such processes requires the building of analytical tools able to accurately determine the contents of the contaminants in samples containing biomass to make possible the calculation of reliable material balances. Current investigation showed that BTX are readily trapped by GAC particles with low further release in the liquid medium whereas they remain at least partially available for in situ biodegradation. BTX adsorption onto the GAC was shown to reach maximum solute retention close to 350, 250, and 150 (as mg/g GAC) for xylenes, toluene, and benzene, respectively. This approach, which could afford efficient biological active carbon regeneration, is very promising for the removal of BTX compounds from water without any further environment damage.

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Acknowledgments

M. Farhadian would like to express his gratitude to Prof. Borghei (BBRC, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran) and Julien Troquet (Biobasic Environnement, Clermont-Ferrand, France) for the support and guidance in the project “Development of an effective bioremediation technology for monoaromatics removal from contaminated water.”

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    Mehrdad Farhadian, David Duchez, Cédric Vachelard & Christian Larroche

  2. Isfahan High Education and Research Institute, Isfahan, Iran

    Mehrdad Farhadian

  3. Biobasic Environnement Company, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Cédric Vachelard

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Farhadian, M., Duchez, D., Vachelard, C. et al. BTX Removal from Polluted Water Through Bioleaching Processes. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 151, 295–306 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-008-8189-0

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