PMID- 27889180 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180830 LR - 20221207 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 324 IP - Pt B DP - 2017 Feb 15 TI - Rapid restoration of methanogenesis in an acidified UASB reactor treating 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP). PG - 599-604 LID - S0304-3894(16)31042-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.031 [doi] AB - Anaerobic bioreactors are often used for removal of xenobiotic and highly toxic pollutants from wastewater. Most of the time, the pollutant is so toxic that the stability of the reactor becomes compromised. It is well known that methanogens are one of the most sensitive organisms in the anaerobic consortia and hence the stability of the reactors is highly dependant on methanogenesis. Unfortunately few studies have focused on recovering the methanogenic activity once it has been inhibited by highly toxic pollutants. Here we establish a quick recovery strategy for neutralization of an acidified UASB reactor after failure by intoxication with an excess of TCP in the influent. Once the reactor returned to pH values compatible with methanogenesis, biogas production was re-started after one day and the system was re-acclimated to TCP. Successful removal of TCP from synthetic wastewater was shown for concentrations up to 70mg/L after restoration. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Diaz-Baez, Maria Consuelo AU - Diaz-Baez MC AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogota 111321142, Colombia. FAU - Valderrama-Rincon, Juan Daniel AU - Valderrama-Rincon JD AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Antonio Narino University, Bogota 111321142, Colombia. Electronic address: juan.d.valderrama@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161118 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 RN - 0 (Chlorophenols) RN - 0 (Sewage) RN - 0 (Waste Water) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - MHS8C5BAUZ (2,4,6-trichlorophenol) RN - OP0UW79H66 (Methane) SB - IM MH - Anaerobiosis MH - Bioreactors/*microbiology MH - Chlorophenols/*analysis MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Methane/*analysis MH - Models, Theoretical MH - Sewage/*chemistry MH - Wastewater/chemistry MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis MH - Water Purification/*methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2,4,6-triclorophenol OT - Acidification OT - Methanogenesis OT - Restoration OT - UASB EDAT- 2016/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/31 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/28 06:00 PHST- 2016/05/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/11/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/28 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3894(16)31042-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2017 Feb 15;324(Pt B):599-604. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.031. Epub 2016 Nov 18.