Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1989
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
First Advisor
Piero M. Armenante
Second Advisor
Gordon Lewandowski
Third Advisor
Dana E. Knox
Abstract
The degradation of 2-Chlorophenol by Phanerochaete chrysosporium, a white rot fungus, was studied in three different reactor configurations, namely a batch reactor, a chemostatic reactor with the fungus immobilized on a silica based porous biocatalyst, and a packed bed reactor utilizing balsa wood chips as packing.
Preliminary experiments indicated that the use of porous solid support improved the degradation rate in batch reactor and chemostatic reactor. However, the packed bed configuration was found to be superior, and was studied in greater detail. The apparent Michaelis-Menten kinetic constants were obtained for the packed bed reactor.
Recommended Citation
Haq, Ikram ul, "Reactor design for hazardous waste treatment using immobilized phanerochaete chrysosporium" (1989). Theses. 1942.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1942
