Comparison of anaerobic acrylic acid biotransformation in single- and two-stage pH-stat completely stirred tank reactor systems

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2000-01-01

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Demirer, Göksel Niyazi
Speece, RE

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Performance of single- and two-stage pH-stat completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR) systems for anaerobic acrylic acid biotransformation was investigated and compared. In the experiments, acetate was added with acrylic acid. Acetate concentration in both single- and two-stage reactors was continuously maintained at a nonlimiting concentration of 2000 +/- 200 mg/L. using a computer-controlled pH-stat system to allow observation of the effect of acrylate biotransformation on the more sensitive methanogenic step. For this purpose, conventional (one-stage) and two-stage pi-I-stat CSTR systems with the same acrylic acid loading strategy were operated under the same conditions, and their performances were compared. The food-to-microorganism ratio in the first stage of the two-stage system was maintained at approximately two times that of the one-stage system. Furthermore. relatively high acrylate concentrations and dilution rates were achieved in the first stage of the two-stage system. Results revealed that the two-stage pH-stat CSTR system provided better effluent quality and more stable operation with the toxic effects of acrylic acid and its intermediate products than the single-stage system.

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Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, General Medicine

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57361

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WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

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https://doi.org/10.2175/106143000x137149

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article

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G. N. Demirer and R. Speece, “Comparison of anaerobic acrylic acid biotransformation in single- and two-stage pH-stat completely stirred tank reactor systems,” WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH, pp. 84–89, 2000, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57361.