<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new biodesulphurization method has been considered using <italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> supported on polyethylene (PE) for biodesulphurization (BDS) of thiophene as an aromatic sulphur model compound of crude oils. Also the biodegradation of thiophene has been modified in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) as a terminal electron acceptor to approach the maximum biodesulphurization efficiency. The obtaining results according to UV-Spectrophotometry at 240 nm, 83.3% of thiophene at the primary concentration of 50 mg/dm<sup>3</sup>, pH = 7, by 0.5 g of biocatalyst in 37°C after 4 h of contact time has been removed. The bacterial cells exhibited a greater and faster biodegradation in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) and 94.8% of thiophene has been removed after 3 h of contact time. Kinetic study predicted chemisorption of thiophene on the surface of the biocatalyst, as it followed the pseudo-second-order rate equation. Morphology and surface functional groups of the biocatalyst have been investigated by SEM and FT-IR, respectively.</p></abstract>

A new biodesulphurization method has been considered using Pseudomonas aeruginosa supported on polyethylene (PE) for biodesulphurization (BDS) of thiophene as an aromatic sulphur model compound of crude oils. Also the biodegradation of thiophene has been modified in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) as a terminal electron acceptor to approach the maximum biodesulphurization efficiency. The obtaining results according to UV-Spectrophotometry at 240 nm, 83.3% of thiophene at the primary concentration of 50 mg/dm3, pH = 7, by 0.5 g of biocatalyst in 37°C after 4 h of contact time has been removed. The bacterial cells exhibited a greater and faster biodegradation in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) and 94.8% of thiophene has been removed after 3 h of contact time. Kinetic study predicted chemisorption of thiophene on the surface of the biocatalyst, as it followed the pseudo-second-order rate equation. Morphology and surface functional groups of the biocatalyst have been investigated by SEM and FT-IR, respectively.

Biodesulphurization of thiophene as a sulphur model compound in crude oils by <italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> supported on polyethylene

Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Biodesulphurization of thiophene as a sulphur model compound in crude oils by  supported on polyethylene

A new biodesulphurization method has been considered using Pseudomonas aeruginosa supported on polyethylene (PE) for biodesulphurization (BDS) of thiophene as...

Biodesulphurization of thiophene as a sulphur model compound in crude oils by Pseudomonas aeruginosa supported on polyethylene

Published Online: Oct 11, 2017

Page range: 371 - 379

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0024

Keywords
biodesulphurization, polyethylene, thiophene, crude oil

© 2017 Amjad Mohammad Karimi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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Biodesulphurization of thiophene as a sulphur model compound in crude oils by Pseudomonas aeruginosa supported on polyethylene

Published Online: Oct 11, 2017

Page range: 371 - 379

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0024

Keywordsbiodesulphurization, polyethylene, thiophene, crude oil

© 2017 Amjad Mohammad Karimi et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
biodesulphurization, polyethylene, thiophene, crude oil