METHOD FOR BIOSORPTION PURIFICATION OF WATER FROM HEAVY METAL IONS USING Saccharomyces cerevisiae YEAST Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC C02F3/34 C02F103/16 C12Q1/02 C12R1/865 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to biotechnology and can be used in biological treatment of waste water from electroplating plants from heavy metal salts. The method involves adding yeast biomass to waste water, said biomass being in form of brewery wastes containing a combination of yeasts of different strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with viability of 90-95% in a given amount. The biomass is mixed with the waste water to obtain a suspension. The obtained suspension is held for 8 hours at temperature of 10°C-29°C and solution pH of 5.5-8.0, followed by recycling spent yeast containing heavy metals by treating with lime Ca(OH)₂, with the ratio of yeast biomass to lime of 1:5-8, to obtain a mixture. The obtained mixture is subjected to wet treatment at temperature of 90°C for 1 hour, followed by isolation of the obtained mixture, which contains heavy metals, in concrete paste.

EFFECT: invention increases efficiency of purifying waste water from heavy metal ions.

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