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Summary |
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Samenvatting |
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Yhteenveto |
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Sommario |
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Resume |
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Acknowledgements |
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Author's contribution |
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Chapter 1 General introduction |
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2 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Literature review |
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2.1 Methanol in the pulping industry |
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2.2 Bioreactors for gas-phase methanol degradation |
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16 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Biotrickling filters |
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2.2.4 Operational parameters for the biotrickling filter (BTF) |
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2.3 Anaerobic methanol utilization |
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2.3.2 Methanol as electron donor for the removal of sulfur oxyanions |
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2.4 Waste derived volatile fatty acids |
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2.4.1 VFA recovery techniques |
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2.4.2 VFA recovery by adsorption on ion exchange resins |
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2.4.3 Parameters influencing VFA adsorption on ion exchange resins |
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2.5 Other industrial waste gases |
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2.5.1 Methane availability and emissions |
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2.5.2 Aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophy |
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2.5.3 Gas-to-liquid fuel technologies |
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28 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Selenate and thiosulfate reduction using methanol as electron donor |
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3.2 Materials and methods |
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3.2.1 Source of biomass and medium composition |
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3.2.2 Experimental design |
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3.3.1 Selenate reduction and its effect on methanol utilization |
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3.3.2 S2O32- and SO42- reduction using methanol as electron donor |
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3.4.1 Methanogenesis versus acetogenesis of methanol |
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3.4.2 Thiosulfate and sulfate reduction |
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Chapter 4 Performance of a biotrickling filter for anaerobic utilization of gas-phase methanol coupled to thiosulphate reduction and resource recovery through volatile fatty acids |
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62 | (1) |
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4.2 Materials and methods |
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4.2.1 Source of biomass and medium composition |
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4.2.2 Biotrickling filter (BTF) |
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65 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Operational phases of the BTF |
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4.2.4 Performance evaluation of the BTF |
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4.3 Results and discussion |
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4.3.1 Methanol utilization |
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4.3.3 Thiosulphate (S2O32-) reduction |
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4.3.4 Disproportionation of thiosulphate (S2O32-) |
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4.3.5 Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production |
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4.3.6 Effect of unregulated pH |
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4.3.7 Practical implication and future research |
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Chapter 5 Gas-phase methanol fed anaerobic biotrickling filter for the reduction of selenate under step and continuous feeding conditions |
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5.2 Materials and methods |
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5.2.1 Source of biomass and media composition |
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5.2.2 Biotrickling filter set-up and operation |
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5.2.3 Performance parameters of the BTF |
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96 | (8) |
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5.3.2 Selenium mass balance and recovery |
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5.3.3 Methanol utilization |
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5.4.1 Selenate reduction in the methanol fed BTF |
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104 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Anaerobic utilization of methanol in the presence of selenate |
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106 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Practical implications |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Selenate bioreduction using methane as the electron donor in a biotrickling filter |
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6.2 Materials and methods |
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116 | (5) |
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6.2.1 Biomass collection and medium composition |
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116 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Biotrickling filter |
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6.3.1 Selenate reduction in batch studies |
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6.3.2 Performance of the biotrickling filter |
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6.4.1 Bioreduction of selenate coupled to the anaerobic oxidation of methane |
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6.4.2 Acetate and propionate production in the BTF |
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128 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Practical implications |
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Chapter 7 Volatile fatty acid production from Kraft mill foul condensate in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors |
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7.2 Materials and methods |
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7.2.1 Source of biomass and media composition |
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7.2.2 Characteristics of the foul condensate (FC) |
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7.2.4 Operational phases of the UASB reactors |
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7.2.5 Batch activity tests |
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144 | (9) |
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7.3.1 Enrichment of acetogens in the UASB reactors |
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144 | (4) |
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7.3.2 Acetogenesis of the foul condensate (FC) |
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7.3.3 Batch activity tests |
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7.4.1 Foul condensate (FC) utilization in the UASB reactors |
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7.4.2 Biomass activity and CH4 vs VFA production |
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157 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Effect of temperature on UASB reactor performance |
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158 | (1) |
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7.4.4 Practical implications |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 Volatile fatty acid adsorption on anion exchange resins: kinetics and selective recovery of acetic acid |
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8.2 Materials and methods |
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8.2.1 Adsorption experiment |
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8.2.2 Adsorption kinetics |
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8.2.4 Adsorption isotherm |
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8.2.5 Selective adsorption of VFA |
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8.3 Results and discussion |
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8.3.1 Screening of resins |
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8.3.2 Effect of resin concentration |
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8.3.3 Effect of contact time |
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8.3.4 Kinetics of VFA adsorption |
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179 | (1) |
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8.3.5 Diffusion mechanism for VFA adsorption |
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179 | (1) |
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8.3.6 Desorption and VFA recovery |
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180 | (2) |
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8.3.7 Adsorption isotherm |
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182 | (4) |
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8.3.8 Sequential batch adsorption for separation of individual VFA |
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188 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 General discussion, conclusions |
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193 | (12) |
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194 | (3) |
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9.2 VFA production from gas-phase methanol |
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197 | (1) |
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9.3 VFA production from liquid-phase methanol |
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197 | (1) |
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9.4 Methanol rich effluents as carbon source for the reduction of S and Se oxyanions |
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198 | (1) |
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9.5 VFA recovery using ion-exchange resins |
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198 | (1) |
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9.5.1 Treatment of methanol rich effluents |
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9.5.2 Methanol rich effluents as energy source for the reduction of S and Se oxyanion rich effluents |
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201 | (1) |
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9.5.4 Gas-to-liquid fuel technologies |
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201 | (1) |
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Curriculum vitae |
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Sense Diploma |
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