Department of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Technology and Mineral Fertilizers, Wrocław University of Technology, Smoluchowskiego 25, 50-372 Wrocław, Poland.
Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2013 Jul;170(6):1389-416. doi: 10.1007/s12010-013-0269-0. Epub 2013 May 12.
In recent years, biosorption process has become an economic and eco-friendly alternative treatment technology in the water and wastewater industry. In this light, a number of biosorbents were developed and are successfully employed for treating various pollutants including metals, dyes, phenols, fluoride, and pharmaceuticals in solutions (aqueous/oil). However, still there are few technical barriers in the biosorption process that impede its commercialization and thus to overcome these problems there has been a steadily growing interest in this research field. This resulted in large numbers of publications and patents each year. This review reports the state of the art in biosorption research. In this review, we provide a compendium of know-how in laboratory methodology, mathematical modeling of equilibrium and kinetics, identification of the biosorption mechanism. Various mathematical models of biosorption were discussed: the process in packed-bed column arrangement, as well as by suspended biomass. Particular attention was paid to patents in biosorption and pilot-scale systems. In addition, we provided future aspects in biosorption research.
近年来，生物吸附工艺已成为水和废水处理行业中一种经济且环保的替代处理技术。有鉴于此，已经开发出许多生物吸附剂，并成功用于处理各种污染物，包括金属、染料、酚类、氟化物和药物在溶液（水/油）中。然而，生物吸附过程中仍存在一些技术障碍，阻碍了其商业化，因此为了克服这些问题，人们对该研究领域的兴趣日益增加。这导致每年都有大量的出版物和专利。本综述报告了生物吸附研究的最新进展。在本综述中，我们提供了实验室方法、平衡和动力学数学模型、生物吸附机制鉴定方面的专业知识摘要。讨论了各种生物吸附模型：填充床柱排列中的过程，以及悬浮生物量。特别关注生物吸附和中试系统的专利。此外，我们还提供了生物吸附研究的未来方向。
