| Title: | Treatment of mixtures of toluene and n-propanol vapours in a compost-woodchip-based biofilter |
| Author(s): | Dixit RM; Deshmukh SC; Gadhe AA; Kannade GS; Lokhande SK; Pandey RA; Vaidya AN; Mudliar SN; Deshusses MA; |
| Address: | "National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, India" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593330.2011.592226 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0959-3330 (Print) 0959-3330 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The present work describes the biofiltration of mixture of n-propanol (as a model hydrophilic volatile organic compound (VOC)) and toluene (as a model hydrophobic VOC) in a biofilter packed with a compost-woodchip mixture. Initially, the biofilter was fed with toluene vapours at loadings up to 175 g m(-3) h(-1) and removal efficiencies of 70%-99% were observed. The biofilter performance when removing mixtures of toluene and n-propanol reached elimination capacities of up to 67g(toluene) m(-3) h(-1) and 85 g(n-propanol) m(-3) h(-1) with removal efficiencies of 70%-100% for toluene and essentially 100% for n-propanol. The presence of high n-propanol loading negatively affected the toluene removal; however, n-propanol removal was not affected by the presence of toluene and was effectively removed in the biofilter despite high toluene loadings. A model for toluene and n-propanol biofiltration could predict the cross-inhibition effect of n-propanol on toluene removal" |
| Keywords: | "1-Propanol/*chemistry Air Pollutants/chemistry Air Pollution/*prevention & control Computer Simulation Filtration/methods Models, Chemical Toluene/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry Waste Management/*methods;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDixit, R M Deshmukh, S C Gadhe, A A Kannade, G S Lokhande, S K Pandey, R A Vaidya, A N Mudliar, S N Deshusses, M A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Validation Study England 2012/06/23 Environ Technol. 2012 Apr-May; 33(7-9):751-60. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2011.592226" |
