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      <dc:title>Biodegradation and Absorption Technology for Hydrocarbon-Polluted Water Treatment</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Rodríguez Calvo, Alfonso</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Silva-Castro, Gloria Andrea</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Olicón Hernández, Darío Rafael</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>González López, Jesús Juan</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Calvo Sáinz, Concepción</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Biodegradation</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Water treatment</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Sorbent carriers</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Pilot plant</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>Wastewaters polluted with hydrocarbons are an environmental problem that has a significant&#xd;
impact on the natural ecosystem and on human health. Thus, the aim of this research was to develop&#xd;
a bioreactor sorbent technology for treating these polluted waters. A lab-scale plant composed&#xd;
of three 1-L bioreactors with different sorbent materials inside (meltblown polypropylene and&#xd;
granulated cork) was built. Wastewater to be treated was recirculated through each bioreactor for&#xd;
7 days. Results showed that hydrocarbon retention rates in the three bioreactors ranged between&#xd;
92.6% and 94.5% of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) and that after one simple recirculation&#xd;
cycle, no hydrocarbon fractions were detected by gas chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)&#xd;
in the effluent wastewater. In addition, after the wastewater treatment, the sorbent materials&#xd;
were extracted from the bioreactors and deposited in vessels to study the biodegradation of the&#xd;
retained hydrocarbons by the wastewater indigenous microbiota adhered to sorbents during the&#xd;
wastewater treatment. A TPH removal of 41.2% was detected after one month of Pad SentecTM carrier&#xd;
treatment. Further, the shifts detected in the percentages of some hydrocarbon fractions suggested&#xd;
that biodegradation is at least partially involved in the hydrocarbon removal process. These results&#xd;
proved the efficiency of this technology for the treatment of these hydrocarbon-polluted-waters.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2020-05-12T11:50:26Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2020-05-12T11:50:26Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2020-01-24</dc:date>
      <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Rodríguez-Calvo, A., Silva-Castro, G. A., Olicón-Hernández, D. R., González-López, J., &amp; Calvo, C. (2020). Biodegradation and Absorption Technology for Hydrocarbon-Polluted Water Treatment. Applied Sciences, 10(3), 841.</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61983</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.3390/app10030841</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 3.0 España</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>MDPI</dc:publisher>
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