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Investigating the effect of several auxiliary carbon sources in treatment of petroleum deposits by the bacterial strain BBRC9012
, Article CHISA 2006 - 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Prague, 27 August 2006 through 31 August 2006 ; 2006 ; 8086059456 (ISBN); 9788086059457 (ISBN) ; Roostaazad, R ; Yaghmaei, S ; Sharif University of Technology
2006
Abstract
Effect of several auxiliary carbon sources such as crude oil, different precultures, and quality of adding crude oil in treatment of petroleum wax deposits by an isolated bacterial strain, BBRC9012, was investigated. First and second experiments which compered effect of molasses, glucose and crude oil, indicated that glucose and molasses causes more microbial growth, biosurfactant production and bioemolsification than crude oil. Both optometry and Surface tension measurements showed that using molasses-BHB preculture for wax treatment is not suitable and when crude oil is used as auxiliary carbon source a one day lag phase is unavoidable. It was also shown that when crude oil is added to...
Role of carrier characteristics affecting microbial density and population in enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater
, Article Journal of Environmental Management ; Volume 302 , 2022 ; 03014797 (ISSN) ; Raie, M ; Borghei, S. M ; Dewil, R ; Appels, L ; Sharif University of Technology
Academic Press
2022
Abstract
This research aims to improve simultaneous nitrification-denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR) using novel carriers and to demonstrate the effect of carrier characteristics on nutrient removal in a biofilm reactor. For this purpose, biofilms enriched with both polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) and nitrifiers were cultivated in two parallel sequencing batch reactors containing conventional moving bed bioreactor carriers (MBBR) and a novel type of carriers (carbon-based moving carriers (CBMC)). The new carriers were produced based on recycled waste materials via a chemical-thermal process and their specific surface area were 10.4 times higher than typical MBBR carriers of...