Evaluation of two types of polyurethane for the immobilisation of Rhizopus oryzae for copper uptake
Evaluation of two types of polyurethane for the immobilisation of Rhizopus oryzae for copper uptake
Previous studies have shown that Rhizopus oryzae strain IM 057412 grown in reticulated polyurethane foam demonstrated the same heavy metal adsorption capacity as the free biomass. Immobilisation in other types of polymers was shown to reduce the biomass uptake capacity because of mass transfer limitations due to the restricted porosity of the immobilisation matrices. For practical purposes the growing of biomass in polyurethane support particles to use as a commercial adsorbent is not viable or financially sound. The current work describes a different approach in which dried non-viable cells of R. Oryzae were incorporated into two types of polyurethane carrier matrix during the production process.
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Alhakawati, M.S.
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Banks, C.J.
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Smallman, D.J.
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2003
Alhakawati, M.S.
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Banks, C.J.
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Smallman, D.J.
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Alhakawati, M.S., Banks, C.J. and Smallman, D.J.
(2003)
Evaluation of two types of polyurethane for the immobilisation of Rhizopus oryzae for copper uptake.
Water Science & Technology, 47 (9), .
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that Rhizopus oryzae strain IM 057412 grown in reticulated polyurethane foam demonstrated the same heavy metal adsorption capacity as the free biomass. Immobilisation in other types of polymers was shown to reduce the biomass uptake capacity because of mass transfer limitations due to the restricted porosity of the immobilisation matrices. For practical purposes the growing of biomass in polyurethane support particles to use as a commercial adsorbent is not viable or financially sound. The current work describes a different approach in which dried non-viable cells of R. Oryzae were incorporated into two types of polyurethane carrier matrix during the production process.
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Published date: 2003
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