Effects of pH, moisture, and flow pattern on trickle-bed air biofilter performance for BTEX removal

Autor:	Chenghaw Chu, Chungsying Lu, Min-Ray Lin
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Pressure drop chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Moisture Environmental chemistry Biofilter Xylene Environmental engineering BTEX Benzene Toluene Ethylbenzene General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Advances in Environmental Research. 6:99-106
ISSN:	1093-0191
DOI:	10.1016/s1093-0191(00)00072-1
Popis:	Effects of pH, moisture and flow pattern on the performance of a trickle-bed air biofilter (TBAB) treating benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and o -xylene (BTEX) waste gas were investigated to establish the optimum operating conditions and design criteria. In the pH range of 7.5–8 and NFR range of 6.02–8.6 l/m 3 /h, removal efficiencies of each compound were greater than 80% with a loading of 143 g BTEX/m 3 /h. The TBAB appears to be an effective process for controlling BTEX emission with a high loading. Counter-current flow TBAB has the advantages of more uniform BTEX removal and biomass growth in each section than co-current flow TBAB, but suffers from a higher pressure drop across the bed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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