| Title: | Improved biodegradation of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds from the air stream in a multilayer biofilter |
| Author(s): | Mokhtari M; Hajizadeh Y; Jafari N; Ebrahimi AA; Abdolahnejad A; |
| Address: | "Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Environmental Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mex.2019.09.020 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2215-0161 (Print) 2215-0161 (Electronic) 2215-0161 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Biofiltration of n-hexane as a representative of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at presence and absence of rhamnolipid biosurfactant was studied using a multilayer biofilter packed with scoria, compost, poplar tree skin and sugar beet pulp, for 131 days. The concentration of n-hexane was measured by a gas chromatograph coupled with a flame ionization detector (GC/FID). The results showed that the mean removal efficiency (RE) of n-hexane at the presence of the biosurfactant was two times higher than that at absence of the biosurfactant. According to the results, rhamnolipid can enhance the efficiency of biofiltration of VOCs from polluted air streams" |
| Keywords: | Biodegradation Biofiltration Improved biodegradation with a multilayer biofilter Rhamnolipid VOCs; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMokhtari, Mehdi Hajizadeh, Yaghoub Jafari, Negar Ebrahimi, Ali Asghar Abdolahnejad, Ali eng Netherlands 2019/11/02 MethodsX. 2019 Sep 18; 6:2052-2056. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.09.020. eCollection 2019" |
