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Simultaneous Diesel and Oxygen Transfer Rate on the Production of an Oil-degrading Consortium in an Airlift Bioreactor: High-dispersed Phase Concentration

  • Abhishek Dutta ORCID logo , Sergio Valdivia-Rivera ORCID logo and Manuel Alejandro Lizardi-Jiménez ORCID logo EMAIL logo

Abstract

The aim of this study was to simultaneously evaluate diesel transfer rate (DTR) and oxygen transfer rate (OTR) on the production of an oil-degrading consortium in a three-phase airlift bioreactor (ALB) working at high hydrocarbon phase concentration with the purpose of determine whether the oxygen transfer rate is increased or diminished by an increase in the oil-phase concentration. Increase in hydrocarbon concentration allows an increase in DTR and a consequently higher DTR/OTR ratio thus avoiding hydrocarbon mass transfer limitations. This study demonstrates evidence that at high diesel concentrations, the main carbon fate is the production of biosurfactants.

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Received: 2017-10-30
Revised: 2018-03-13
Accepted: 2018-03-19
Published Online: 2018-04-12

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