Abstract
The degradation of phenolics, heterocyclics and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a synthetic biomass gasifier wastewater with average COD of 1388mg/L was studied in a three stage rotating biological contactor (RBC) using the pyrene degrader, Exiguobacterium aurantiacum and activated sludge consortia (1:3v/v). As the organic loading rate (OLR) was varied from 3.3 to 14g/m2/d, the COD removal ranged from 63.3% to 92.6%. Complete removal of all the constituents was observed at the lowest OLR of 3.3g/m2/d. At 24h hydraulic retention time (HRT) and OLR of 6.6g/m2/d complete removal of pyridine, quinoline and benzene and 85–96% removal of phenol, naphthalene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene was observed. E. aurantiacum was found to be the dominant bacteria in the biofilm. Clark’s model provided good fits to data for all the three stages of the RBC.
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