Evaluation of sulfur-reducing microorganisms for organic desulfurization. [Pyrococcus furiosus]

Technical Report · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6041797· OSTI ID:6041797

Miller, K W

Because of substantial portion of the sulfur in Illinois coal is organic, microbial desulfurization of sulfidic and thiophenic functionalities could hold great potential for completing pyritic sulfur removal. We are testing the hypothesis that organic sulfur can be reductively removed as H{sub 2}S through the activities of anaerobic microorganisms. Our objectives for this year include the following: (1) To obtain cultures that will reductively desulfurize thiophenic model compounds. In addition to crude oil enrichments begun last year, we sampled municipal sewage sludge. (2) To continue to work toward optimizing the activity of the DBDS-reducing cultures obtained during the previous year. (3) To expand coal desulfurization work to include other coals including Illinois Basin Coal 101 and a North Dakota lignite, which might be more susceptible to the dibenzyldisulfide reducing cultures due to its lower rank. (4) To address the problem of sulfide sorption, by investigating the sorption capacity of coals in addition to Illinois Basin Coal 108.

• Research Organization: Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-90PC90176
• OSTI ID: 6041797
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/90176-T52; ON: DE92004188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
AROMATICS
BACTERIA
BIODEGRADATION
BITUMINOUS COAL
BLACK COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
CULTURE MEDIA
DECOMPOSITION
DESULFURIZATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
MATERIALS
MICROORGANISMS
MINERALS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROGRESS REPORT
PYRITE
REDUCTION
SAMPLING
SLUDGES
SULFATES
SULFIDE MINERALS
SULFIDES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THIOPHENE
TOLUENE