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J Air Waste Manag Assoc

Title:		Development and demonstration of an explicit lumped-parameter biofilter model and design equation incorporating monod kinetics
Author(s):		Smith FL; Sorial GA; Suidan MT; Biswas P; Brenner RC;
Address:		"Process Engineering Department, Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA. lee.smith@halliburton.com"
Journal Title:		J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:		2002
Volume:		52
Issue:		2
Page Number:		208 - 219
DOI:		10.1080/10473289.2002.10470771
ISSN/ISBN:		1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Biofiltration is an economical air pollution control (APC) technology, particularly suitable for the treatment of air-streams having high flow rates and low concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This technology utilizes enzymatic catalysis at ambient conditions to mineralize such pollutants to CO2, H2O, and salts. A pilot-scale study conducted for more than 4 years investigated the development of a new biofiltration technology employing trickle bed air biofilters (TBABs). Following the completion of this experimental study, additional data analysis was performed to develop a simple lumped-parameter biofilter model, assuming first-order kinetics. This model related the observed biofilter performance to the principle independent physical, thermodynamic, and biochemical parameters. The initial model has subsequently been expanded to incorporate Monod kinetics. In this paper, the development and use of the final explicit lumped-parameter biofilter model and design equation, incorporating Monod kinetics, are presented. To facilitate the application of this model, practical procedures are also presented for the determination of VOC solubility, VOC biokinetic Monod parameters, and the maximum practical biofilter inlet VOC concentration"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/analysis Air Pollution/*prevention & control Algorithms *Filtration Kinetics Pilot Projects;
Notes:		"MedlineSmith, Francis L Sorial, George A Suidan, Makram T Biswas, Pratim Brenner, Richard C eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2004/05/18 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2002 Feb; 52(2):208-19. doi: 10.1080/10473289.2002.10470771"