Performance of a combined system of biotrickling filter and photocatalytic reactor in treating waste gases from a paint-manufacturing plant
| Autor: | Jian-Jun Li, Guoping Sun, Pei-Yuan Zeng, Dongqi Liao, Xiang Tu, Mei-Ying Xu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0211 other engineering and technologies
Biomass Pilot Projects 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Ethylbenzene Waste gas chemistry.chemical_compound Bioreactors Air Pollution Manufacturing Industry Paint Environmental Chemistry Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology 021110 strategic defence & security studies Air Pollutants Volatile Organic Compounds Photolysis Xylene General Medicine Toluene Filter (aquarium) Waste treatment chemistry Environmental chemistry Photocatalysis Filtration |
| Zdroj: | Environmental technology. 37(2) |
| ISSN: | 1479-487X |
| Popis: | A pilot-scale biotrickling filter (BTF) was established in treating the waste gases that are intermittently produced from an automobile paint-manufacturing workshop. Results showed that the BTF required longer time to adapt to the aromatic compounds. The removal efficiencies (REs) for all aliphatic compounds reached more than 95% on day 80. Aromatic compounds were not easily removed by the BTF. The REs obtained by the BTF for toluene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, o-xylene and p-xylene on day 80 were 72.7%, 77.2%, 71.9%, 74.8% and 60.0%, respectively. A maximum elimination capacity (EC) of 13.8 g-C m(-3) h(-1) of the BTF was achieved at an inlet loading rate of 19.4 g-C m(-3) h(-1) with an RE of 72%. Glucose addition promoted the biomass accumulation despite the fact that temporal decrease of REs for aromatic compounds occurred. When the inlet loading rates exceed 11.1 g-C m(-3) h(-1), the REs of the aromatic compounds decreased by 10% to 15%. This negative effect of shock loads on the performance of the BTF can be attenuated by the pre-treatment of the photocatalytic reactor. Nearly all components were removed by the combined system with REs of 99%. |
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