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Biotechnol Adv

Title:		Biofiltration of volatile organic compounds using fungi and its conceptual and mathematical modeling
Author(s):		Vergara-Fernandez A; Revah S; Moreno-Casas P; Scott F;
Address:		"Green Technology Research Group, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes, Chile. Electronic address: aovergara@miuandes.cl. Departamento de Procesos y Tecnologia, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Green Technology Research Group, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes, Chile"
Journal Title:		Biotechnol Adv
Year:		2018
Volume:		20180317
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1079 - 1093
DOI:		10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.03.008
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-1899 (Electronic) 0734-9750 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous contaminants that can be found both in outdoor and indoor air, posing risks to human health and the ecosystems. The treatment of air contaminated with VOCs in low concentrations can be effectively performed using biofiltration, especially when VOCs are hydrophilic. However, the performance of biofilters inoculated with bacteria has been found to be low with sparsely water soluble molecules when compared to biofilters where fungi develop. Using conceptual and mathematical models, this review presents an overview of the physical, chemical and biological mechanisms that explain the differences in the performance of fungal and bacterial biofilters. Moreover, future research needs are proposed, with an emphasis on integrated models describing the biological and chemical reactions with the mass transfer using high-resolution descriptions of the packing material"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/*isolation & purification Biomass *Bioreactors Equipment Design Filtration/instrumentation/*methods *Fungi/chemistry/metabolism *Models, Biological Volatile Organic Compounds/*isolation & purification Bacteria Biofiltration Computational fl;"
Notes:		"MedlineVergara-Fernandez, Alberto Revah, Sergio Moreno-Casas, Patricio Scott, Felipe eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2018/03/22 Biotechnol Adv. 2018 Jul-Aug; 36(4):1079-1093. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.03.008. Epub 2018 Mar 17"