Biofilter modeling for waste air treatment: Comparisons of inherent characteristics of biofilter models

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-327

  Lim, Kwang Hee ^a   Lee, Eun Ju ^a  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biofilm; Biofilter; Modeling; Sorption Volume

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SORPTION VOLUME;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 0037838989     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02697247     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Amanullah, Md., Farooq, S. and Viswanathan, S., "Modeling and Simulation of a Biofilter," Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 38(7), 2765 (1999).
2. Auria, R., Aycagner, A.-C. and Devinny, J. S., "Influence of Water Content on Degradation Rates for Ethanol in Biofiltration," J. Air & Waste Mgmt. Assoc.,48, 65 (1997).
3. Bibeau, L., Kiared, K., Brzenski, R., Viel, G. and Heitz, M., "Treatment of Air Polluted with Xylenes Using a Biofilter Reactor," Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 118, 377 (2000).
4. Buchner, R., "Auswirkungen Verschiedener Betriebszustande in der Biologischen Abluftreinigung am Beispiel von Biofiltern," Ph. D. Thesis, T. U. Wien, Austria (1989).
5. Chou, M.-S. and Chiou, J.-H., "Modeling Effects of Moisture on Adsorption Capacity of Activated Carbon for VOCs," J. Environ. Eng., 123, 437 (1997).
6. Deshusses, M. A. and Dunn, I. J., "Modeling Experiments on the Kinetics of Mixed-solvent Removal from Waste Gas in a Biofilter," Proceedings of the 6th European Congress on Biotechnology, L. Alberghina, L. Frontali and P. Sensi, eds., Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1191 (1994).
7. Deshusses, M. A. and Hamer, G., "The Removal of Volatile Ketone Mixtures from Air in Biofilters," Bioprocess Engineering, 9, 141 (1993).
8. Deshusses, M., Hamer, A. G. and Dunn, I. J., "Behaviour of Biofilters for Waste Air Biotreatment. 1. Dynamic Model Development," Environ. Sci. Technol., 29, 1048 (1995).
9. Deshusses, M., Hamer, A. G. and Dunn, I. J., "Transient State Behaviour of Biofilter Removing Mixtures of Vapors of MEK and MIBK from Air," Biotechnol. Bioengrg, 49, 587 (1996).
10. Deshusses, M. A., "Transient Behaviour of Biofilters: Start-up, Carbon Balances and Interactions between Pollutants," J. Environ. Eng., 123, 563 (1997).
11. Gong, R. and Keener, T. C., "A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Water Vapor on Multi-component Vapor-phase Carbon Adsorption," J. Air Waste Mgmt. Assoc., 43, 864 (1993).
12. Hand, D. W., Crittenden, J. C. and Thacker, W. E., "User-oriented Batch Reactor Solutions to the Homogeneous Surface Diffusion Model," J. Environ. Eng., 109, 82 (1983).
13. Hartikainen, T., Ruuskanen, J., Vanhatalo, M. and Martikainen, P. J., "Removal of Ammonia from Air by a Peat Biofilter," Environ. Technol., 17, 45 (1996).
14. Hirai, M., Ohtake, M. and Shoda, M., "Removal Kinetics of Hydrogen Sulfide, Methanethiol and Dimethyl Sulfide by Peat Biofilters," J. Ferment. Bioeng., 70, 334 (1990).
15. Hodge, D. S. and Devinny, J. S., "Biofilter Treatment on Ethanol Vapors," Environmental Process, 13(3), 167 (1994).
16. Hodge, D. S. and Devinny, J. S., "Modeling Removal of Air Contaminants by Biofiltration," J. Environ. Eng., 121, 21 (1995).
17. Jorio, H., Kiared, K., Brzezinski, R., Leroux, A., Viel, G. and Heitz, M., "Treatment of Air Polluted with high Concentrations of Toluene and Xylene in a Pilot-scale Biofilter," J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 73, 183 (1998).
18. Kiared, K., Fundenberger, B., Brzezinski, R., Viel, G. and Heitz, M., "Biofiltration of Air Polluted with Toluene Under Steady-state Conditions: Experimental Observations," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 36, 4719 (1997).
19. Leson, G. and Smith, B. J., "Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Field Study on Boifilters for Control of Volatile Hydrocarbons," J. Environ. Eng., 123(6), 556 (1997).
20. Leson, G. and Winer, A. M., "Biofiltration: an Innovative Air Pollution Control Technology for VOC Emissions," J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 41, 1045 (1991).
21. Lim, K. H., "Mathematical Modeling of Biofilter for Waste Air Biotreatment," Korean J. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 14(5), 550 (1999).
22. Lim, K. H., "Waste Air Treatment with a Biofilter: for the Case of Excess Adsorption Capacity," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 34(6), 766 (2001a).
23. Lim, K. H., "Waste Air Treatment with a Biofilter: for the Case of Adsorption Capacity Limited," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 34(6), 776 (2001b).
24. Liu, P. K. T., Gregg, R. L. and Sabol, H. K., "Engineered Biofilter for Removing Organic Contaminants in Air," Air & Waste, 44, 209 (1994).
25. Lith, V., "Evaluating Design Options for Biofilters," J. Air & Waste Mgmt. Assoc., 47, 37 (1997).
26. Martin, G., Lemasle, M. and Taha, S., "The Control of Gaseous Nitrogen Pollutants in a Fixed Peat Bed Reactor," J. Biotechnol., 46, 15 (1996).
27. Oh, Y.-S. and Bartha, R., "Design and Performance of a Trickling Air Biofilter for Chlorobenzene and o-Dichlorobenzene Vapors," Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 60, 2717 (1994).
28. Ottengraf, S. P. P., "Exhaust Gas Purification," Biotechnology, H. J., Rehm and G. Reed, eds., VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 8, 426 (1986).
29. Ottengraf, S. P. P., Meesters, J. J. P., Van Den Oever, A. H. C. and Rozema, H. R., "Biological Elimination of Volatile Xenobiotic Compounds Using Biofilters," Bioprogress Eng., 1, 61 (1986).
30. Ottengraf, S. P. P. and Van Den Oever, A. H. C., "Kinetics of Organic Compound Removal from Waste Gases with a Biological Filter," Biotechnol. Bioeng., 25, 3089 (1983).
31. Park, S. J., Hirai, M. and Shoda, M., "Treatment of Exhaust Gases from a Night Soil Treatment Plant by a Combined Deodorization System of Activated Carbon Filter Reactor and Peat Biofilter with Thiobacillus thioparus DW 44," J. Ferment. Bioeng., 76, 423 (1993).
32. Rittman, B. E. and McCarty, P. L., "Model of Steady-state-biofilm Kinetics," Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 22, 2343 (1980a).
33. Rittman, B. E. and McCarty, P. L., "Evaluation of Steady-state-biofilm Kinetics," Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 22, 2359 (1980b).
34. Shareefdeen, Z., Baltzis, B. C., Oh, Y. S. and Bartha, R., "Biofiltration of Methanol Vapor," Biotechnol. Bioeng., 41, 512 (1993).
35. Sorial, G. A., Smith, F. L., Suidan, M. T. and Biswas, P., "Evaluation of Trickle Bed Biofilter Media for Toluene Removal," Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 45, 801 (1995).
36. Speitel, G. E., Jr., Dovantzis, K. and DiGiano, F. A., "Mathematical Modeling of Bioregeneration in GAC Columns," J. Environ. Eng., 113, 32 (1987a).
37. Speitel, G. E., Jr. and DiGiano, F. A., "The Bioregeneration of GAC Used to Treat Micropollutants," Journal of Am. Water Works Assoc., 79, 64 (1987b).
38. Speitel, G. E., Jr. and Mclay, D. S., "Biofilm Reactors for Treatment of Gas Streams Containing Chlorinated Solvents," J. Environ. Eng., 119, 658 (1993).
39. Tang, B., Hwang, S. J. and Hwang, S., "Dynamics of Toluene Degradation in Biofilters," Hazardous Waste & Hazardous Materials, 12, 207 (1995).
40. Shareefdeen, Z., Baltzis, B. C., Oh, Y. S. and Bartha, R., "Biofiltration of Methanol Vapor," Biotechnol. Bioeng., 41, 512 (1993).
41. Wani, A. H., Branion, R. M. R. and Lau, A. K., "Biofiltration: A Promising and Cost Effective Control Technology for Odors, VOCs and Air Toxics," J. Environ. Sci. Health, A32, 2027 (1997).
42. Wu, G., Chabot, J. C., Caron, J. J. and Heitz, M., "Biological Elimination of Volatile Organic Compounds from Waste Gases in a Biofilter," Water, Air, Soil Pollution, 101, 69 (1998).
43. Wu, G., Conti, B., Leroux, A., Brzezinski, R., Viel, G. and Heitz, M., "A High Performance Biofilter for VOC Emission Control," Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 49, 185 (1999).
44. Zarook, S. and Baltzis, B. C., "Biofiltration of Toluene Vapor under Steady-state and Transient Conditions: Theory and Experimental Results," Chemical Engineering Science, 49, 4347 (1994).
45. Zarook, S. M. and Shaikh, A. A., "Analysis and Comparison of Biofilter Models," Chemical Engineering Journal, 65, 55 (1997).
46. Zarook, S. M., Shaikh, A. A. and Ansar, Z., "Development, Experimental Validation and Dynamic Analysis of a General Transient Biofilter Model," Chemical Engineering Science, 52, 759 (1997).