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Advanced biological oxidizer for VOC and HAP removal

A biological oxidizer is a device that uses micro-organisms to treat wastewater and the volatile organic compounds produced by commercial and industrial operations. Biological oxidation devices convert biodegradable organic compounds into carbon dioxide and water. This is a natural occurring process which differs from traditional chemical and thermal oxidizing agents and methods. Some of the more commonly used micro-organisms are heterotrophic bacteria, which play an important role in biological degradation processes. Generally, these micro-organisms are rod shaped and facultative. Biological oxidizers provide a stable environment which allows bacteria to naturally oxidize and stabilize a large number of organics in a more efficient manner. Some of the emissions that may be treated biologically include:

  • heterocyclic compounds (such as quinoline or pyridine);
  • polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs);
  • pharmaceutical substances;
  • polychlorinated biphenyls;
  • hydrocarbons (oil);
  • benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BETEX);
  • methyl ethyl ketone (MEK);
  • some metals.

The prompt removal of a wide range of wastes and pollutants from the environment is the foremost requisite leading to minimal negative environmental impact and sustainability. Microorganisms offer excellent anabolic and catabolic adaptability to degrade and produce stabilized organic matters from contaminants. Microbiology is providing significant views of regulatory metabolic pathways as well as effectiveness to adaption and biological degradation in our changing environment.

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Biological oxidizer

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Biochemical oxygen demand

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it measures everything that can be chemically oxidized, rather than just levels of biologically oxidized organic matter. Most natural waters contain small...

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Redox

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oxygen, particularly in the context of explosions. Nitric acid is a strong oxidizer. Substances that have the ability to reduce other substances (cause them...

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Activated sludge

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oxygen) and microorganisms to biologically oxidize organic pollutants, producing a waste sludge (or floc) containing the oxidized material. The activated sludge...

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Biology

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(384–322 BCE) contributed extensively to the development of biological knowledge. He explored biological causation and the diversity of life. His successor, Theophrastus...

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P680

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this transfer, P680* is ionized and oxidized, producing cationic P680+. P680+ is the strongest biological oxidizing agent known, with an estimated redox...

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Hydrogen peroxide

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blue liquid that is slightly more viscous than water. It is used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and antiseptic, usually as a dilute solution (3%–6% by...

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Sulfur

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Biochemistry

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Secondary treatment

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Secondary treatment (mostly biological wastewater treatment) is the removal of biodegradable organic matter (in solution or suspension) from sewage or...

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Fire triangle

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the oxidizer and combustible are the same (e.g., nitroglycerin, an unstable molecule that has oxidizing parts in the same molecule as the oxidizeable parts)...

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Biological carbon fixation

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hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria often use the Calvin cycle or the reductive citric acid cycle. The Calvin cycle accounts for 90% of biological carbon fixation...

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Photodissociation

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electron-deficient reaction center of photosystem II (P680*) is the strongest biological oxidizing agent yet discovered, which allows it to break apart molecules as...

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Anammox

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of biological nitrogen cycle, as depicted in Figure 2. According to 15 N labeling experiments carried out in 1997, ammonium is biologically oxidized by...

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Nitrification

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ability was observed already by R. Warington. Cultivation of pure nitrite oxidizer happened later during 20th century, however it is not possible to be certain...

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Bioremediation

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oxygen, nitrate, oxidized iron and manganese and sulfate; and 2) stimulate the biological and/or chemical reduction of the oxidized pollutants. The choice...

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Molybdenum

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the chemical bond in atmospheric molecular nitrogen in the process of biological nitrogen fixation. At least 50 molybdenum enzymes are now known in bacteria...

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Viking lander biological experiments

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poor an oxidizer to reproduce the LR results (under the conditions of that experiment perchlorate does not oxidize organics), it does oxidize, and thus...

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Potassium perchlorate

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chemical formula KClO4. Like other perchlorates, this salt is a strong oxidizer when the solid is heated at high temperature although it usually reacts...

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Chemistry of ascorbic acid

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the predominant species at typical biological pH values. It is a mild reducing agent and antioxidant. It is oxidized with loss of one electron to form...

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Ecology

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abbreviation of "biological diversity") describes the diversity of life from genes to ecosystems and spans every level of biological organization. The...

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Trickling filter

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List of wastewater treatment technologies

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Staining

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Stains and dyes are frequently used in histology (microscopic study of biological tissues), in cytology (microscopic study of cells), and in the medical...

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Senescence

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Senescence (/sɪˈnɛsəns/) or biological aging is the gradual deterioration of functional characteristics in living organisms. Whole organism senescence...

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Bioprecipitation

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and most rainfall. Dust and soot particles can serve as ice nuclei, but biological ice nuclei are capable of catalyzing freezing at much warmer temperatures...

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Nutrition and cognition

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nicotinamide as well as nicotinic acid, both of which function in many biological oxidization and reduction reactions within the body. Niacin is involved in the...

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Detergent enzymes

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Detergent enzymes are biological enzymes that are used with detergents. They catalyze the reaction between stains and the water solution, thus aiding stain...

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