Abstract
The biodegradation of gas-phase mixtrue of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and 1-propanethiol (PT) was examined in a biotrickling filter (BTF), inoculated with a microbial consortium composed of activated sewage sludge, and pure strains of Alcaligenes sp. SY1 and Pseudomonas putida. S-1. BTF could be successfully started up within only 11 days when the inlet concentrations of DMS and PT were both 50 mg·m-3 and EBRT was 30 s, with 90% removal efficiency (RE) of DMS and 100% RE of PT. In the steady state, the maximum elimination capacities of DMS and PT were 8.7 g·(m3·h)-1 and 12.4 g·(m3·h)-1, respectively. The presence of PT with a concentration up to 51 mg·m-3 showed an antagonistic removal pattern for DMS, but the opposite did not occur. Meanwhile, the BTF showed high efficiency in the biodegradation of H2S. When the concentration of H2S was as high as 230 mg·m-3, the RE of H2S could reach 98%. However, H2S showed a declining effect on the removal of DMS when the concentration exceeded 115 mg·m-3.
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