Biological Removal of High Loads of Thiosulfate Using a Trickling Filter Under Alkaline Conditions
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Uncontrolled release of thiosulfate can cause high oxygen demand, or generate toxic compounds under anaerobic scenarios. Biooxidation of thiosulfate in a biotrickling filter (BTF) colonized by an alkaliphilic sulfide-oxidizing bacterial consortium was studied at pH ≈10. Inlet thiosulfate concentrations were varied from 3.5 to 21.3 g L−1, with a residence time of 216 s, emulating conditions encountered in wastewater from mining processes. Sulfate production, oxygen concentration, and biomass in both packing and effluent were periodically analyzed to characterize bioreactor performance. Removal efficiencies near 100 % were obtained during the entire experimental period, with a maximum elimination capacity of 242 g thiosulfate m−3 h−1. Although the BTF was able to transfer large amounts of oxygen to biooxidize thiosulfate to sulfate, under high initial thiosulfate loads, thiosulfate was not completely oxidized to sulfate, since biooxidation was conditioned to oxygen supply. Respirometric tests performed to investigate biomass adaptation and activity revealed oxygen consumption values of 0.5 mmol O2 (g protein)−1 min−1 for the period with the highest thiosulfate inlet load.
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