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Title:	Biodegradation of hexachlorocyclohexane in sand and wastewater using immobilized phanerochaete chrysosporum
Author:	Gami, Ajaykumar C.
View Online:	njit-etd1990-054 ([vi], 66 pages ~ 1.8 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Armenante, Piero M. (Committee co-chair) Lewandowski, Gordon (Committee co-chair) Baltzis, Basil (Committee member)
Date:	1990-12
Keywords:	Xenobiotics -- Biodegradation Phanerochaete Sand Water -- Purification
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The present study was carried out in order to assess the ability of Phanerochaete chysosporium to degrade lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane) in sand as well as in water. It was found that the fungus is immobilized on saw dust, it is able to degrade lindane in a packed-bed reactor configuration, with a first-order rate constant of 0.00066min-1. The fungus is also able to degrade lindane in sand. As with the packed-bed reactor, a supplemental carbon source (glucose) is required. In this study it was found that a glucose concentration of 20 gm/kg of sand, and 40% w/w moisture content, give the highest rate of degradation, with a first-order rate constant of 0.105 day-1.