{"title":"Influence of Intermittent Loading on the Removal of High Concentrations of VOCs in a Biofilter","authors":"Seyed Morteza Zamir, R. Halladj, Milad Ferdowsi","doi":"10.15866/IREBIC.V5I2.5335","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this research, the elimination of a mixture of toluene and hexane vapors from waste air was studied in a compost biofilter under intermittent condition. The system was operated 10 h a day on the air residence times 0.9, 1.5 and 3 min and 2-3.8 gm-3 of pollutant concentration. Regarding the harsh biological condition of biofilter media such as high pollutant concentration and daily intermittent aeration, reaching the steady-state situation and removal efficiency of 90% lasted about 44 days.","PeriodicalId":14377,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Biophysical Chemistry","volume":"42 1","pages":"57-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Review of Biophysical Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREBIC.V5I2.5335","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In this research, the elimination of a mixture of toluene and hexane vapors from waste air was studied in a compost biofilter under intermittent condition. The system was operated 10 h a day on the air residence times 0.9, 1.5 and 3 min and 2-3.8 gm-3 of pollutant concentration. Regarding the harsh biological condition of biofilter media such as high pollutant concentration and daily intermittent aeration, reaching the steady-state situation and removal efficiency of 90% lasted about 44 days.