The transformation of an anthraquinone dye blue 324 in a facultative-aerobic(F-A) system was investigated.Kinetic parameter study showed that higher Vmax coupled with more recalcitrant chemical oxygen demand(COD) were...The transformation of an anthraquinone dye blue 324 in a facultative-aerobic(F-A) system was investigated.Kinetic parameter study showed that higher Vmax coupled with more recalcitrant chemical oxygen demand(COD) were found in the facultative biofilm reactor(FBR) than in the aerobic reactor(AR).Results of the product analyses indicated that most of dye molecular could be facultatively broken down into simple intermediates,which would be further degraded under subsequent aerobic condition.The main metabolites in each reactor were detected by infrared(FT-IR) and high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry(HPLC-MS).Comparison of the toxicities among the dye and its metabolites was conducted,surprisingly,the colorless intermediates from FBR possessed less inhibitory than original dye and the median effective luminescence concentration(EC50) in 15 min for aerobic effluent could not be detected,showing that hardly toxic products existed in the aerobic process effluent.展开更多
基金Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai,China (No.06ZR14002)Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (No.B604)
文摘The transformation of an anthraquinone dye blue 324 in a facultative-aerobic(F-A) system was investigated.Kinetic parameter study showed that higher Vmax coupled with more recalcitrant chemical oxygen demand(COD) were found in the facultative biofilm reactor(FBR) than in the aerobic reactor(AR).Results of the product analyses indicated that most of dye molecular could be facultatively broken down into simple intermediates,which would be further degraded under subsequent aerobic condition.The main metabolites in each reactor were detected by infrared(FT-IR) and high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry(HPLC-MS).Comparison of the toxicities among the dye and its metabolites was conducted,surprisingly,the colorless intermediates from FBR possessed less inhibitory than original dye and the median effective luminescence concentration(EC50) in 15 min for aerobic effluent could not be detected,showing that hardly toxic products existed in the aerobic process effluent.