Removal of heavy metal vanadium from aqueous solution by nanocellulose produced from Komagataeibacter europaeus employing pineapple waste as carbon source

Yi Sheng Tseng; Reeta Rani Singhania; Ann-Chang Cheng; Chiu-Wen Chen; Cheng-Di Dong; Anil Kumar Patel

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128411

Removal of heavy metal vanadium from aqueous solution by nanocellulose produced from Komagataeibacter europaeus employing pineapple waste as carbon source

Bioresour Technol. 2023 Feb:369:128411. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128411. Epub 2022 Nov 29.

Authors

Yi Sheng Tseng¹, Reeta Rani Singhania², Ann-Chang Cheng³, Chiu-Wen Chen⁴, Cheng-Di Dong⁵, Anil Kumar Patel⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan.
² Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan; Sustainable Environment Research Center, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan.
³ Department of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan.
⁴ Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan; Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan; Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan; The College of Hydrosphere Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan; Sustainable Environment Research Center, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan. Electronic address: cddong@nkust.edu.tw.
⁶ Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan; The College of Hydrosphere Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan.

PMID: 36460177
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128411

Abstract

Environmental concerns have taken a center stage in our lives driving the society towards biorefinery. Bioprocess development to produce valuable products utilizing waste has its own significance in circular bioeconomy and environmental sustainability. In the present study, production of bacterial cellulose using pineapple waste as carbon source by Komagataeibacter europaeus was undertaken and it was applied for removal of vanadium, a heavy metal which is generated as waste by semiconductors industry in Taiwan. Highest yield of bacterial cellulose (BC) e.i. 5.04 g/L was obtained with pineapple core hydrolysate (HS-PC) replacing glucose in HS medium. The vanadium adsorption capacity by BC produced by HS medium was 5.24 mg/g BC at pH 4 and 2.85 mg/g BC was observed on PCH medium. BC was characterised via SEM, FTIR and XRD.

Keywords: Bacterial cellulose; Biorefinery; Komagataeibacter; Pineapple waste; Vanadium.

MeSH terms

Ananas*
Carbon
Cellulose
Metals, Heavy*
Vanadium

Substances

Vanadium
Carbon
Metals, Heavy
Cellulose

Supplementary concepts

Komagataeibacter europaeus