Effects of Aeration Quantity and Ferrous Supplement on Ferrous oxidation Rate of Acidophilic Consortium
Received:December 22, 2011   Revised:December 22, 2011   Accepted:December 26, 2011      Published Online:June 26, 2012
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DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2012.07.008
KeyWord:aeration quantity; dissolved oxygen; acidophilic consortium; iron supplement; ferrous oxidation rate
              
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LiJiang 东华理工大学
Guo Qin 东华理工大学
Rao Jun 东华理工大学
Wang Jianfeng 东华理工大学
Liu Yajie 东华理工大学
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Abstract:
      The effects of aeration quantity and ferrous supplement on ferrous oxidized rate of acidophilic mixed culture were investigated. The results show that the acidophilic consortium grows slowly when the aeration quantity is low, while it grows faster and the memberane formation on the plastic fillings forms better when aeration quantity increases. However, excessive aeration quantity would limit the membrane formation and lower down the bacterium density. The optimum aeration quantity for 5 liters culture system is 0.6 L/min in this research. A relative higher aeration quantity could maintain a higher dissolved oxygen concentration and its equilibrium, resulting in a higher ferrous oxidation rate. The adding of ferrous to the culture could make the acidophilic consortium stay in logarithmic phase or stable phase, which is beneficial to enhance bacterium density and ferrous oxidation rate. The highest ferrous oxidation rate is 1.75 g/(L?h), 10 times more than that of the traditional batch culturing.
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