https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2010.4433

Utilization of NOx from Combustion gases by biological processes. Preliminary study

Vol. 83 No. 1 (2010)
Submitted: June 17, 2014
Accepted: June 17, 2014
Published: January 30, 2010
Spirulina, platensis, biological process, NOx, flue gases
Abstract Views: 966
PDF: 728
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Authors

S. Arata
office@pagepress.org
A. Lodi
A. Del Borghi
A. Converti
A biological system for the removal of NOx from flue gas was investigated using the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. The experiments have been carried out in a labscale plant, consisting of an illuminated Erlenmeyer flask in which a mixture of NOx and air has been introduced from the bottom; the NOx excess going out from the plant was entrapped in an absorber, located at the top of the reactor. Under different conditions of gas feeeding, namely continuous or fedbatch pulsefeeding, the NOx removal efficiency was always >92% and scarcely influenced by the inoculum level (0.5- 1.0g I-1).

Dimensions

Altmetric

PlumX Metrics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Citations

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

How to Cite

Arata, S., Lodi, A., Del Borghi, A., & Converti, A. (2010). Utilization of NOx from Combustion gases by biological processes. Preliminary study. Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 83(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2010.4433

PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.