Effect of Operating Parameters on Microbial Desulfurization of Coal by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- Authors
- Ryu, H.W.
- Issue Date
- 2003
- Keywords
- Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Coal; Microbial desulfurization; Pulp density; Pyritic sulfur
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, v.31, no.4, pp.400 - 407
- Journal Title
- Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 400
- End Page
- 407
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/21090
- ISSN
- 1598-642X
- Abstract
- In microbial coal desulfurization process (MCDP) by using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, the effect of process variables on pyritic sulfur removal efficiency has been investigated. The inhibitory effect of toxic materials contained in coal matrix on the activity of desulfurizing bacteria have been evaluated in coal extracts, and the results showed that the method was useful to evaluate the applicability of a coal which is to be desulfurization to MCDP. The removal efficiency increased with decreasing particle size and decreases with increasing pulp density, but has no significant influence of particle size and pup densities at high pulp densities over 20 wt%. The mass transfers of gaseous nutrients such as oxygen and carbon dioxide into coal slurry with various pulp densities and coal particle size has been studied in an airlift bioreactor. Mass transfer coefficient was independent of pulp density in coal slurry with fine particle below 175 μm, but significantly decreased with increasing pulp density over 225 μm. The coal particles over 575 μm were significantly settled to the bottom of bioreactor resulting in poor mixing. Considering mass transfer, pulp density and coal mixing, an optimal size of coal particle for the microbial coal desulfurization process seems to be about 500 μm.
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