The effect on the stability of biofilm and phenol removal efficiency under high phenol loading was investigated by RBC(Rotating Biological Contactor) using augmented reactor and unaugmented reactor with Rhodococcus sp. EL-GT. The operation of RBCs was...
The effect on the stability of biofilm and phenol removal efficiency under high phenol loading was investigated by RBC(Rotating Biological Contactor) using augmented reactor and unaugmented reactor with Rhodococcus sp. EL-GT. The operation of RBCs was carried out at rotating speed of 10 rpm and hydraulic retention time of 7 h at 20℃.
The maximum amount of dry weight of the biofilm was 0.04 g/㎠ to running time for 15 days. The amount of attached biofilm of contactors was stabilized as 0.15∼0.03 g/㎠ for 35 days' running times and that of two reactors was similar value. But unaugmented reactor was shocked at 1,200 mg/ℓ phenol loading that the biofilm and removal efficiency were impacted.
The bioaugmentation reactor showed higher removal rates than unaugmented reactors about phenol, sCOD and nitrogen contents. Bioaugmentation, with the strain originating from the same ecosystem and growing effectively on a selective substrate, was often effective means to treatment of recalcitrants like as phenol wastewater.