C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 02 – F
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
02
F
C02F 3/34 (2006.01) C12S 99/00 (2010.01) C02F 1/28 (2006.01) C12S 13/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2110471
ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION A process for the removal of species containing metallic ions from effluents by yeast cell walls is described. The yeasts used are selected from Saccharomyces cerevisae, Saccharomyces uvarum and Saccharomyces lipolytica. According to the process, the washed yeast cell walls are first treated by a water soluble aldehyde and after sorbing the metallic ions, the yeast cell walls may be, regenerated by a mineral acid or a chelate solution such as ethylene-diamine tetraacetic acid, releasing the sor- bed metal ions. Acccrding to a preferred embodiment,water containing acetone or alcohol is used for washing the yeast cell walls. The sorption by the yeast cell walls is carried out at a pH in the range of 1 to 13 and preferab- ly in the range of 4 to 7. The most preferred aldehyde is selected from formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde or any mix- ture thereof. The metal sorption process may be carried out batchwise or continuously. In the continuous process, the yeast cell walls are immobilized on a porous glass, purified sand or polymers.
Meshulam Galit
Yannai Shmuel
Sim & Mcburney
Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
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