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Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Vol. 31 No. 3, 2017.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15255/CABEQ.2016.1031

Bioflocculation of Basic Dye onto Isolated Microbial Biopolymers

M. Elkady ; a) Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt; b) Fabrication Technology Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute (ATNMRI)
S. Zaki ; Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
S. Farag ; Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
D. Abd-El-Haleem ; Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt

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Abstract

Three purified biopolymers isolated from Bacillus velezensis (40B), Bacillus mojavensis (32A) and Pseudomonas (38A) strains were evaluated for dye decolourization as bioflocculants. The decolourization capacity of the three polymers was inspected using
C.I 28 basic yellow dye as hazardous pollutant. The chemical compositions of these purified biopolymers were considered by HPLC and FTIR spectrum. The decolourization efficiency of the three purified biopolymers was determined using both real dye polluted wastewater (discharged from AKSA EGYPT acrylic fibres industry) and simulated synthetic wastewater. The maximum decolourization efficiencies of the purified biopolymers of the three studied strains (40B), (32A) and (38A) were 91, 89 and 88 %, respectively. The equilibrium of dye sorption process onto biopolymers was described using Langmuir
isotherm equation. However, its kinetics follows the pseudo second order model. The thermodynamic examination investigated the exothermic and spontaneous nature of the decolourization process using the purified biopolymers.







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Keywords

bioflocculants; biopolymer characterization; dyes decolourization; theoretical modelling

Hrčak ID:

187130

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/187130

Publication date:

4.10.2017.

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