Reducing Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Using Biotrickling Filters and Bioscrubber Systems

• Autorzy: Shihab Mohammed Salim , Mhemid Rasha Khalid Sabri , Saeed Liqaa I. , Ismail Hanan Haqi , Alp Kadir

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DOI

10.12911/22998993/152460

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A comparative study was conducted for differentiating between attached and suspended growth, represented by a lab-scale biotrickling filter and bio-scrubber under anoxic conditions, respectively. However, malodorous ethanethiol gas (ET) that was categorized as one of the volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs) was studied using a variety of settings and parameters. In contrast, NO₃⁻ can be used as an electron acceptor in the bioconversion of ET gas to elemental sulfur and/or sulfate when no oxygen is available. Empty bed residence times (EBRTs), gas to liquid ratios (G/Ls) (40, 60, 80, 100, 150), and inlet concentrations (150, 300, 800, and 1500 mg/m³) were all investigated in relation to ET removal efficiency (RE) (30, 60, 90, and 120 s). While the G/L ratio of 80 resulted in efficient ET removal (more than 90.8% for 150 mg/m³ of inlet concentration), it could only achieve the extraction of 80.6% for 1500 mg/m³ of inlet concentration at a fixed EBRT of 60 s. These results were based on the performance of a lab-scale anoxic biotrickling filter. Even though mass transfer constraints and poor solubility of ET were factors, the performance of the biotrickling filter under anoxic settings was superior to that of the bioscrubber and improved the low oxidation rates of ET.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

volatile organic sulfur compounds; ethanethiol; biotrickling filter; bioscrubber; electron acceptor; anoxic conditions

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 10
• Strony: 255--268
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Shihab Mohammed Salim

• Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, 41001, Mosul, Iraq

autor

Mhemid Rasha Khalid Sabri

• Department of Environmental Technology, College of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Mosul, 41001, Mosul, Iraq

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Saeed Liqaa I.

• Department of Mining Engineering, College of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, University of Mosul, 41001, Mosul, Iraq

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-4657

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Ismail Hanan Haqi

• Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, 41001, Mosul, Iraq

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Alp Kadir

• Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey

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