Amin, M.M. and Rahimi, A. and Bina, B. and Heidari, M. and Mohammadi Moghadam, F. (2014) Performance evaluation of a scoria-compost biofilter treating xylene vapors. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 12.
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Abstract
The removal of xylene vapors was studied in a biofilter packed with a new hybrid (scoria/compost) packing material at various inlet loads (IL) and empty bed residence times (EBRT) of 90, 60, and 40s. The best performance was observed for EBRT of 90s, where a removal efficiency of 98% was obtained under steady state condition for inlet xylene concentration of 1.34 g m(-3), while a maximum elimination capacity of 97.5 g m(-3) h(-1) was observed for IL of 199.5 g m(-3) h(-1). Carbon dioxide production rates and the microbial counts for xylene-degraders followed xylene elimination capacities. Overall look to the results of this study indicates that the scoria/compost mixture could be considered as a potential biofilter carrier, with low pressure drop (here <4 mm H2O), to treat air streams containing VOCs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Xylene; Biofilter; Scoria; Compost; Elimination capacity |
| Subjects: | WA Public Health > Public Health Education WA.18 > WA 30 Social, Economic, and Environmental factor in public health WA Public Health > WA 30 Social, Economic, and Environmental factor in public health |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health > Department of Environmental Health |
| Depositing User: | zahra bagheri . |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2017 05:17 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2017 05:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.skums.ac.ir/id/eprint/2041 |
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