Preliminary Study on Mini-Modus Device Equipped with a Bioreactor to Purify and Oxygenate a Synthetic Effluent
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Apparatus Overview
2.2. Equipment Description
2.3. Aeration Reactor (Air-Lift)
2.4. Bioreactor
2.5. Analytical Techniques and Equipment
2.6. Biofilm Formation
2.7. Experimental Conditions
2.8. Biofilm Biomass Measurement
2.9. Respirometric Tests
2.10. Organic Matter Measurements
n CO2 + [(m − k − 3j − 2i − 3h)/2] H2O + k HX + j NH3 + i H2SO4 + h H3PO4
2.11. Synthetic Effluent Composition
2.12. Sample Filtration and Checking the Absence of Biological Activity Outside the Bioreactor
2.13. Calculation of the Energy Consumption and the Apparatus Efficiency
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Biodegradation Experiments
3.2. Initial Dissolved Oxygen, Biodegradation Time, and Air Pressure as a Function of the Air Flow
3.3. Power, Total Energy, and Efficiency as a Function of the Air Flow
3.4. Dissolved Oxygen Concentration and BOD during a Selected Biodegradation Experiment
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Perin, G.; Romagnoli, F.; Perin, F.; Bonardi, M.; Romano, F.; Floretta, C.; Giacometti, A. Preliminary Study on Mini-Modus Device Equipped with a Bioreactor to Purify and Oxygenate a Synthetic Effluent. Environments 2023, 10, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10020021
Perin G, Romagnoli F, Perin F, Bonardi M, Romano F, Floretta C, Giacometti A. Preliminary Study on Mini-Modus Device Equipped with a Bioreactor to Purify and Oxygenate a Synthetic Effluent. Environments. 2023; 10(2):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10020021
Chicago/Turabian StylePerin, Guido, Francesco Romagnoli, Fabrizio Perin, Maurizio Bonardi, Franco Romano, Caterina Floretta, and Andrea Giacometti. 2023. "Preliminary Study on Mini-Modus Device Equipped with a Bioreactor to Purify and Oxygenate a Synthetic Effluent" Environments 10, no. 2: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10020021