Author(s)

Moisés Tejocote-Pérez, Patricia Balderas-Hernández, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Gabriela Roa-Morales, Victor Bárcena

Sciences Faculty, State of Mexico Autonomy University, Toluca, Mexico.
Sustainable Chemistry Research Center, State of Mexico Autonomy University and Mexico Autonomy National University (UAEM-UNAM), Toluca, Mexico.
Sustainable Chemistry Research Center, State of Mexico Autonomy University and Mexico Autonomy National University (UAEM-UNAM),Toluca, Mexico; Sciences Faculty, State of Mexico Autonomy University, Toluca, Mexico.

A strain of Chytriomyces hyalinus fungus was applied as a pretreatment on industrial wastewater pollutant using electrocoagulations column of aluminum electrodes in a continuous system. The parameters considered in this experiment include pH, conductivity, color, turbidity, COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) nitrate, nitrite, and SB (sporangia biomass). Biological and electrocoagulations treatments had the next conditions: Chytriomyces hyalinus solutions 1:10, 60 min of biological treatment, 50 mL/min flow, constant ventilations, 15 min of electrocoagulations time and 3.4 A of electrical current. Color and turbidity values dropped with a 90% efficiency (2700 to170 Pt-Co; 120 to10 FAU, respectively), COD 68% (2100 to 672 mg/L), BOD₅ 70% (650 to 195 mg/L), nitrate showed an 86% (3.8 to 0.5 mg/L), finally nitrite with a 60% amount reduction (1.5 to 0.6 mg/L). For SB parameter, there was a value rising as same as the treatment time (r² = 0.90) carrying out a y = 94.302^e0.0356x model. These results reveal a positive outcome of Chytriomyces hyalinus on industrial wastewater pollutants pre-treated with aluminium electrocoagulations in a continuous system.

Chytriomyces hyalinus; Electrocoagulations; Industrial; Wastewater

M. Tejocote-Pérez, P. Balderas-Hernández, C. Barrera-Díaz, G. Roa-Morales and V. Bárcena, "Effect of Chytriomyces hyalinus on Industrial Wastewater Pre-Treated with Electrocoagulations in a Continuous System," Natural Resources, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2012, pp. 118-125. doi: 10.4236/nr.2012.33016.