Refinery wastewater treatment and value addition using Rhodococcus opacus- a hydrocarbonoclastic oleaginous bacterium

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dc.contributor.authorPaul, Tanushree
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-02T13:18:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T06:11:11Z
dc.date.available2023-02-02T13:18:11Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T06:11:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionSupervisors: Pakshirajan, Kannan and Pugazhenthi, Gen_US
dc.description.abstractBio-fuels for energy generation are one of the alternatives, which require integration with wastewater treatment to keep the economics of the production process low. The present study focused on treating raw refinery wastewater by Rhodococcus opacus for converting it into bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction process. For treating the raw refinery wastewater, different operating modes using a continuous stirred tank bioreactor were investigated. Continuous mode with cell recycle proved efficient in terms of complete removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) (99%) and high lipid production (86%, w/w) at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 16 h (dilution rate of 0.06 h-1). Toxicity assessment of the permeate water was carried out following different methods which established the reuse potential of the treated wastewater. Furthermore, a novel strategy involving two-stage submerged tubular membrane bioreactor (STMBR) system with the reactors connected in series was effectively employed for treating the refinery wastewater which yielded complete COD removal along with 2.98 g L-1 biomass growth and 2.3 g L-1 lipid concentration. The lipid-rich bacterial biomass obtained by treating the wastewater was converted to bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) which revealed its excellent potential for bio-fuel applications. A maximum bio-oil yield of 25.53% w/w was obtained at the optimum HTL conditions of 215 °C temperature, 125 min treatment time, and 0.25 biomass/water ratio. Overall, this study demonstrated a sustainable zero waste strategy along with a closed loop integrated approach using the hydrocarbonoclastic oleaginous bacterium R. opacus for refinery wastewater treatment with provisions for resource recovery.en_US
dc.identifier.otherROLL NO.156152001
dc.identifier.urihttps://gyan.iitg.ac.in/handle/123456789/2288
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTH-2910;
dc.subjectRefinery Wastewater Treatmenten_US
dc.subjectR opacusen_US
dc.subjectHydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL)en_US
dc.subjectBio-oilen_US
dc.subjectTubular Ceramic Membraneen_US
dc.titleRefinery wastewater treatment and value addition using Rhodococcus opacus- a hydrocarbonoclastic oleaginous bacteriumen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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