Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans

Biomachining will not be considered as a full-scale manufacturing technology until a stable, controlled, and continuous metal removal rate (MRR) is achieved. In this research work, a novel strategy that could promote its industrial implementation, namely simultaneous bacterial growth and machining o...

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Autores principales: Diaz Tena, E., Gallastegui, G., Hipperdinger, Marcela Liliana, Donati, Edgardo Rubén, Rojo, N., Santaolalla, A., Ramirez, M., Barona, A., Elías, A.
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104482
http://hdl.handle.net/11336/93901
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topic Química
A. ferrooxidans
Bioleaching
Biomachining
Copper
MAC medium
S. thermosulfidooxidans
spellingShingle Química
A. ferrooxidans
Bioleaching
Biomachining
Copper
MAC medium
S. thermosulfidooxidans
Diaz Tena, E.
Gallastegui, G.
Hipperdinger, Marcela Liliana
Donati, Edgardo Rubén
Rojo, N.
Santaolalla, A.
Ramirez, M.
Barona, A.
Elías, A.
Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
topic_facet Química
A. ferrooxidans
Bioleaching
Biomachining
Copper
MAC medium
S. thermosulfidooxidans
description Biomachining will not be considered as a full-scale manufacturing technology until a stable, controlled, and continuous metal removal rate (MRR) is achieved. In this research work, a novel strategy that could promote its industrial implementation, namely simultaneous bacterial growth and machining of copper contained in oxygen-free copper (OFC) workpieces, was investigated. This proposal has the major advantage of being a single-stage process, thereby reducing total operating times and becoming more economical in comparison with conventional biomachining (downtime due to bacterial growth would disappear). The study was carried out using mesophilic (Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans) and thermophilic (Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans) extremophile bacteria in order to prevent the progressive decrease in the amount of metal removed per unit time. A constant MRR of 43 mg h-1 was achieved with A. ferrooxidans in the simultaneous process. Despite the accomplishment of a constant MRR, this value is lower than the maximum MRR obtained in conventional biomachining (109 mg h-1), probably due to the inability of ferric ions to come into contact with the metallic surface. With regard to the culture period in MAC medium, S. thermosulfidooxidans showed a slower growth rate (0.11 h-1) and lower ferrous ion oxidation level (0.12 g Fe2+ L-1 h-1) than A. ferrooxidans (0.17 h-1 and 0.22 g Fe2+ L-1 h-1, respectively) under optimal pH (1.5) and Fe2+ concentration (6 g L-1) conditions.
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Preprint
author Diaz Tena, E.
Gallastegui, G.
Hipperdinger, Marcela Liliana
Donati, Edgardo Rubén
Rojo, N.
Santaolalla, A.
Ramirez, M.
Barona, A.
Elías, A.
author_facet Diaz Tena, E.
Gallastegui, G.
Hipperdinger, Marcela Liliana
Donati, Edgardo Rubén
Rojo, N.
Santaolalla, A.
Ramirez, M.
Barona, A.
Elías, A.
author_sort Diaz Tena, E.
title Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
title_short Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
title_full Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
title_fullStr Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous Culture and Biomachining of Copper in MAC Medium: A Comparison between Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
title_sort simultaneous culture and biomachining of copper in mac medium: a comparison between acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
publishDate 2018
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104482
http://hdl.handle.net/11336/93901
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