| Title: | "Improved degradation of n-hexane vapours using a hybrid system, a photoreactor packed with TiO(2) coated-scoria granules and a multilayer biofilter" |
| Author(s): | Abdolahnejad A; Mokhtari M; Ebrahimi AA; Nikaeen M; Shahi MA; Hajizadeh Y; |
| Address: | "Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. GRID: grid.411036.1. ISNI: 0000 0001 1498 685X" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40201-019-00416-4 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2052-336X (Print) 2052-336X (Electronic) |
| Abstract: | "Biofiltration of hydrophobic and/or recalcitrant volatile organic compounds such as n-hexane is imperfect. In the present study, we applied a hybrid system consisting of a photoreactor packed with scoria granules coated with TiO(2) and a biofilter to improve the removal efficiency of n-hexane from the air stream. The experimental results showed that the hybrid system provided higher removal efficiencies than the single biofilter process with an inlet n-hexane concentration range of 0.11-1 g(-3) for empty bed residence times (EBRTs) of 30-120 s in the hybrid system. The removal efficiency of the single biofilter in EBRTs of 30, 60 and 120 s was 10.06%, 21.45%, and 45.98%, respectively. When the photoreactor was included as a pretreatment system (with residence time of 7-27 s) and the overall EBRTs of the system was adjusted to 30, 60 and 120 s, the removal efficiency of the hybrid system was increased to 39.79%, 63.08%, and 92.6%, respectively. The mass ratio of carbon dioxide produced as an indicator for n-hexane degradation in the hybrid system and the biofilter alone was 1.9 and 1.28, respectively. Bacterial community analysis with sequence analysis of 16S rDNA in the biofilter biomass revealed that Pseudomonas and Bacillus as predominant bacterial species were responsible for n-hexane biodegradation. Therefore, the application of the hybrid system is advantageous in enhanced n-hexane removal from the air stream" |
| Keywords: | Air pollution Biofilter Hybrid system N-hexane vapour Photoreactor; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEAbdolahnejad, Ali Mokhtari, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Ali Asghar Nikaeen, Mahnaz Shahi, Mohsen Askari Hajizadeh, Yaghoub eng England 2020/02/08 J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2019 Dec 12; 17(2):1017-1027. doi: 10.1007/s40201-019-00416-4. eCollection 2019 Dec" |
