Four different biofilter packing materials (two porous ceramics, perlite, and open pore polyurethane foam) were compared for the removal of toluene vapors. The focus was on evaluating performance at relatively short gas retention time (13.5 and 27 sec). The reactors were initially operated as biotrickling filters with continuous feeding and trickling of a nutrient solution. After significant pl...

Biogas contain minor concentration of volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS), responsible for severe damages in turbines or internal combustion engines. Sustainable biological processes VMS abatement are limited by the low aqueous solubility VMS. In order this limitation, (D4, D5, L2 and L3) removal performance a two-phase partitioning biotrickling filter (TP-BTF) was study terms empty bed residence t...

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and volatile methylsiloxanes (VMSs) are key pollutants from the point of view operators biogas plants. H2S poses corrosive hazards, while VMSs transform into difficult-to-remove deposits, reducing availability yield combustion equipment. This study provides a critical overview evaluation (so-called SWOT analysis) implemented promising methods to reduce content above in b...

ÐA protocol was developed to rapidly assess the eciency of chemical washing for the removal of excess biomass from biotrickling ®lters for waste air treatment. Although the experiment was performed on a small scale, conditions were chosen to simulate application in full-scale biotrickling ®lters. From 18 treatments with di€erent combinations and concentrations of chemicals, only washing with 0...

Pseudomonas mendocina DLHK is an aerobic bacterium isolated from a biotrickling reactor which can remove nitric oxide, a common air pollutant from combustion exhaust gas. Here, we present the draft genome of Pseudomonas mendocina DLHK.

In this study, performance evaluation for the gas-phase o-xylene removal using a xylene-acclimated biotrickling filter (BTF) was conducted. Substrate interactions during aerobic biodegradation of three poorly soluble compounds, both individually and in paired mixtures (namely, o-xylene and ethyl acetate, o-xylene and dichloromethane, which are common solvents used by pharmaceutical industry), w...