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| Aroca,Germán; Urrutia,Homero; Núñez,Dariela; Oyarzún,Patricio; Arancibia,Alejandra; Guerrero,Karlo. |
| Emissions of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) by industrial activities is frequent cause of corrosion and unpleasant odours. Treatment of gaseous emissions contaminated with H2S by biotrickling filters inoculated with single cultures of sulfur oxidizer bacteria exhibit several advantages over physicochemical methods, such as shorter adaptation times and higher removal ability. Biofilms of Thiobacillus thioparus and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans have proved to exhibit high removal capacities, yet no comparative studies between them have been reported. This article reports the efficiency of biotrickling filters inoculated with T. thioparus and A. thiooxidans under similar conditions excepting the pH, that was the optimal for the bacterial growth, for the removal of... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Biofilm; Biofiltration; Hydrogen sulfide; Thiobacillus thioparus. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582007000400005 |
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| Scott,Felipe; Quintero,Julián; Morales,Marjorie; Conejeros,Raúl; Cardona,Carlos; Aroca,Germán. |
| Background: Bioethanol is produced mainly from sugar cane and corn. In the last years it has been subject of debate due to the effects in food prices and land use change. The use of lignocellulosic materials for bioethanol production, such as agroindustry, forestry and municipal residues, wood or dendroenergetic species, has been proposed as a sustainable way for producing this biofuel. The design of a sustainable process for producing bioethanol requires a methodological approach whereby economical, environmental and social criteria are systematically integrated from the early stages of process design. Results: Until now a methodology for guiding the design of a sustainable process for bioethanol production is not available, and there are just a few... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Bioethanol; Life cycle analysis; Lignocelluloses; Sustainability. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582013000300013 |
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| Cáceres,Manuel; Morales,Marjorie; San Martín,Ricardo; Urrutia,Homero; Aroca,Germán. |
| Reduced volatile sulphur compounds generate an impact on the environment, because of the bad smell and its low odour threshold. Compared with the existing physicochemical technologies for their elimination, biotrickling filters are an economically and environmentally sustainable alternative. Usually mixed cultures of microorganisms are used for inoculating biotrickling filters, in this case a pure culture of Thiobacillus thioparus is used for generating a biofilm, allowing to measure its capacity for the oxidation of four volatile reduced sulphur compounds: hydrogen sulphide, dimethyl sulphide, methyl mercaptan and dimethyl disulphide, using a residence time of 0.033 hrs. The viable cells of the biofilm were quantified by epifluorescence microscopy,... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Biofiltration; Odour removal; Volatile sulphur reduced compounds. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582010000500011 |
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