Biofiltration of methane in presence of ethylbenzene or xylene

Autor: El-Hadi Benyoussef, Luc Malhautier, Milad Ferdowsi, Bahman Khabiri, Michèle Heitz, Gerardo Buelna, J. Peter Jones, El Farouk Omar Merouani
Přispěvatelé: Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Ecole Nationale Polytechnique [Alger] (ENP), Laboratoire des Sciences des Risques (LSR), IMT - MINES ALES (IMT - MINES ALES), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Atmospheric Pollution Research
Atmospheric Pollution Research, Elsevier, 2022, 13 (1), pp.101271. ⟨10.1016/j.apr.2021.101271⟩
ISSN: 1309-1042
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2021.101271
Popis: International audience; Landfill gases (LFGs) are gaseous emissions containing several harmful compounds such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), volatile inorganic compounds (VICs) along with methane (CH4) which is a powerful greenhouse gas. In the case of small or older landfills, disposal of LFG can be economically challenging, and a possible solution is biofiltration. Biofiltration of CH4 in the presence of two VOCs was studied, ethylbenzene (EB) for biofilter 1 (BF1) and xylene (X) for biofilter 2 (BF2). Both biofilters were packed with inorganic packing materials and operated with an empty bed residence time (EBRT) of 4.5 min. Methane concentrations varied from 2000 to 10,000 ppmv along with 2 concentrations for both VOCs i.e., 200 and 500 ppmv. In the case of individual VOC's removal, the acclimation period of the microorganisms to EB and X were close to 30 days, indicating a similar adaptation period for X and EB. The addition of CH4 under low inlet concentration of 2000 ppmv had minor effect on VOCs biodegradation such that the average VOC removal efficiencies (REs) remained above 85% for VOC inlet concentrations of 200 ppmv while the average CH4-RE were around 56% in both biofilters. When CH4 inlet concentration increased up to 10,000 ppmv, inhibition became an issue for all VOC concentrations and dropped VOC and CH4-REs down to 80% of their original values. The type and concentration of the VOC played a key role in the intensity of the inhibition. In general, mass transfer was controlling the elimination of the three substrates.
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