Study of the hydrodynamic parameters in an internal flat-plate airlift reactor for the increased degradation of newspaper by Trichoderma reesei

The aim of our study was to characterize the hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a novel internal flat-plate airlift cylindrical reactor to increase the biodegradation of newspaper. We evaluated the degradation kinetics of newspaper in a batch culture with Trichoderma reesei. Gas holdup, mixing time,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental technology. - 1993. - (2025) vom: 05. Jan., Seite 1-16
1. Verfasser: Hernández-Melchor, Dulce J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: López-Pérez, Pablo A, Ferrera-Cerrato, Ronald, Alarcón, Alejandro
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2025
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Environmental technology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Residual cellulose enzymatic activities scale-up volumetric mass transfer coefficient
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of our study was to characterize the hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a novel internal flat-plate airlift cylindrical reactor to increase the biodegradation of newspaper. We evaluated the degradation kinetics of newspaper in a batch culture with Trichoderma reesei. Gas holdup, mixing time, the Reynolds number, and volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) properties were characterized in biphasic and triphasic systems in order to optimize their operational conditions. An analysis of two effective factors in three levels including kLa, and Reynolds number (Re) were optimized by a full factorial design. Furthermore, a follow-up analysis of the ANOVA results p ≤ 0.05 was performed using Tukey's rank test method for p-value corrections. The overall kLa (triphasic system) was calculated to be between 2.34 and 14.76 h-1 with an optimal value of 8.0 h-1 (Flow: 3 L min-1) and a Re of 1757. In addition, to show the optimal conditions, kinetic experiments were developed for 20 days using newspaper as carbon source for quantified the enzyme activities, biomass, residual cellulose, and reducing sugars 1421 IU L-1 CMCase, 8.02, 2.19, and 0.07 g L-1, respectively. The degradation rate of newspaper was over 80%, which was significantly higher than that of the nominal value. Finally, the theoretical correlation proposed for kLa was compared and estimated with respect to the experimental values with an error of ±20%. The kLa and the Re are important criteria in assessing an optimal degradation of newspaper in an industrial process scale-up
Beschreibung:Date Revised 05.01.2025
published: Print-Electronic
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ISSN:1479-487X
DOI:10.1080/09593330.2024.2447959