Martins, Luide RodrigoBaeta, Bruno Eduardo LoboGurgel, Leandro Vinícius AlvesAquino, Sergio Francisco deGil, Laurent Frédéric2015-12-152015-12-152015MARTINS, L. R. et al. Application of cellulose-immobilized riboflavin as a redox mediator for anaerobic degradation of a model azo dye Remazol Golden Yellow RNL. Industrial Crops and Products, v. 65, p. 454-462, 2015. Disponível em: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669014006773>. Acesso em: 15 out. 2015.0926-6690http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/5974This study described the anaerobic degradation of the azo dye Remazol Golden Yellow RNL (RGY-RNL) using cellulose-immobilized riboflavin (MC 3) as the redox mediator. This new solid support containing immobilized riboflavin was synthesized from succinylated mercerized cellulose, and was characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR, and solid-state 13C NMR. MC 3 was resistant to pH 2–9, and anaerobic degradation of RGY-RNL using MC 3 in the presence of anaerobic sludge yielded a zero order degradation rate constant (k0,obs) equal to 0.189 mg/L h, which was 56% better than experiments carried out without a redox mediator. Color removal efficiency after 48 h of degradation averaged 89.4% in experiments with MC 3 and 72% without the addition of a redox mediator. These results showed that MC 3 can be used to immobilize redox mediators, allowing reduction of wastewater treatment costsen-USRiboflavinRemazol golden yellow RNLSuccinylated celluloseArtigo publicado em periodicoO periódico Industrial Crops and Products concede permissão para depósito deste artigo no Repositório Institucional da UFOP. Número da licença: 3734740648900.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.10.059