TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of tertiary treatment by fungi, enzymatic and photo-Fenton oxidation on the removal of phenols from a kraft pulp mill effluent
T2 - a comparative study
AU - Justino, Celine
AU - Marques, Ana Gabriela
AU - Rodrigues, Dina
AU - Silva, Lurdes
AU - Duarte, Armando Costa
AU - Rocha-Santos, Teresa
AU - Freitas, Ana Cristina
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Pulp and paper mills generate pollutants associated to their effluents depending upon the type of process, type of the wood materials, process technology applied, management practices, internal recirculation of the effluent for recovery, the amount of water used in the industrial process and type of secondary treatment. This study is the first that reports a simultaneous evaluation of the effects of tertiary treatments by fungi (Rhizopus oryzae and Pleurotus sajor caju), by enzyme (laccase) and by an oxidation process (photo-Fenton) on individual phenols (vanillin, guaiacol, phloroglucinol, vanillic acid and syringic acid) of a Eucalyptus globulus bleached kraft pulp and paper mill final effluent after secondary treatment (BKPME). The tertiary treatments were applied on BKPME samples and in BKPME samples supplemented with extra concentration of each phenol. Tertiary treatments by Rhizopus oryzae and photo-Fenton oxidation were able of complete removal (100%) of phenols on BKPME samples whereas P. sajor caju and laccase were able of 60-85% removal. On BKPME samples with added concentration of each phenol, photo-Fenton was the only treatment capable of total phenols removal (100%), which suggests a great potential for its application.
AB - Pulp and paper mills generate pollutants associated to their effluents depending upon the type of process, type of the wood materials, process technology applied, management practices, internal recirculation of the effluent for recovery, the amount of water used in the industrial process and type of secondary treatment. This study is the first that reports a simultaneous evaluation of the effects of tertiary treatments by fungi (Rhizopus oryzae and Pleurotus sajor caju), by enzyme (laccase) and by an oxidation process (photo-Fenton) on individual phenols (vanillin, guaiacol, phloroglucinol, vanillic acid and syringic acid) of a Eucalyptus globulus bleached kraft pulp and paper mill final effluent after secondary treatment (BKPME). The tertiary treatments were applied on BKPME samples and in BKPME samples supplemented with extra concentration of each phenol. Tertiary treatments by Rhizopus oryzae and photo-Fenton oxidation were able of complete removal (100%) of phenols on BKPME samples whereas P. sajor caju and laccase were able of 60-85% removal. On BKPME samples with added concentration of each phenol, photo-Fenton was the only treatment capable of total phenols removal (100%), which suggests a great potential for its application.
KW - Eucalyptus globulus bleached kraft pulp mill
KW - Laccase
KW - Phenolics
KW - Photo-Fenton
KW - Pleurotus sajor caju
KW - Rhizopus oryzae
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952192349&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10532-010-9395-3
DO - 10.1007/s10532-010-9395-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 20683764
AN - SCOPUS:79952192349
SN - 0923-9820
VL - 22
SP - 267
EP - 274
JO - Biodegradation
JF - Biodegradation
IS - 2
ER -
