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Industrial Biofilms and their Control

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Marine and Industrial Biofouling

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Biofilms ((BIOFILMS,volume 4))

Biofilms are considered to be ubiquitous in industrial and drinking water distribution systems. Biofilms are a major source of contribution to biofouling in industrial water systems. The problem has wide ranging effects, causing damage to materials, production losses and affecting the quality of the product. The problem of biofouling is operationally defined as biofilm development that exceeds a given threshold of interference. It is for the plant operators to keep biofilm development below the threshold of interference for effective production and to work out values for threshold limits for each of the technical systems. Industrial biofilms are quite diverse and knowledge gained with a certain type of biofilm may not be applicable to others. In recognition of this, the old concept of a universal/effective biocide is a misnomer as physical, chemical and biological parameters of source water vary from site to site and so do the interactions of biocides with these parameters. Control methods have to be tailor-made for a given technical system and cannot be extrapolated. Because of the wide-ranging complexity in industrial technical systems, understanding the biofilm processes, detection, monitoring, control and management is imperative for efficient plant operation. A successful antifouling strategy involves prevention (disinfecting regularly, not allowing a biofilm to develop beyond a given threshold), killing of organisms and cleaning of surfaces. Killing of organisms does not essentially imply cleaning as most industrial systems deploy only biocides for killing, and the cleaning process is not achieved. Cleaning is essential as dead biomass on surfaces provide a suitable surface and nutrient source for subsequent attachment of organisms. A first step in a biofilm control programme is detection and assessment of various biofilm components, like thickness of slime layer, algal and bacterial species involved, extent of extracellular polymeric substances and inorganic components. Prior to adopting a biocidal dose and regime in an industrial system, laboratory testing of biocides using side-stream monitoring devices, under dynamic conditions, should be carried out to check their effectiveness. Online monitoring strategies should be adopted and biocidal dosing fine-tuned to keep biofilms under control. Literature on biofilm control strategies in technical systems is rich; however, the choice of the control method often depends on cost, time constraints and the cleanliness (threshold levels) required for a technical process. Currently, there is a trend to use strong oxidizing biocides like chlorine dioxide in cooling systems and ozone in water distribution systems as low levels of chlorine have been found to be ineffective against biofilms. A number of non-oxidizing biocides are available, which are effective but the long-term effects on the environment are still unclear. New techniques for biofilm control like ultrasound, electrical fields, hydrolysis of extracellular polymeric substances and methods altering biofilm adhesion and cohesion are still in their infancy at the laboratory level and are yet to be successfully demonstrated in large industrial systems.

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    Dr. P. Sriyutha Murthy

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Murthy, P.S., Venkatesan, R. (2009). Industrial Biofilms and their Control. In: Flemming, HC., Murthy, P.S., Venkatesan, R., Cooksey, K. (eds) Marine and Industrial Biofouling. Springer Series on Biofilms, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69796-1_4

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