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Rasa Vaiškūnaitė
Analysis and assessment of biofilter packed with different wood waste
charges for toluene removal
| Conference Information: |
9th International Conference on Environmental
Engineering, MAY 22-23, 2014 Vilnius, LITHUANIA |
| Source: |
ICEE-2014 - International Conference on Environmental
Engineering |
| Book Series: |
International Conference on Environmental Engineering
(ICEE) Selected papers |
| ISSN: |
ISSN 2029-7092 online |
| ISBN: |
978-609-457-640-9 / 978-609-457-690-4 CD |
| Year: |
2014 |
| Publisher: |
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press Technika |
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Abstract
Biological treatment of the polluted air stream holds promise for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odors, thereby not
only potentially reducing the overall toxicity of the waste air emitted during various production processes, but also improving the life
quality of residents living near the industrial areas companies. The main aim of this work was the analysis and assessment of toluene
removal from air using biofilter packed with a mixture of wood waste. The results of this work show that the small–scale biofilter with
various coniferous and deciduous wood waste charges is capable of efficiently removing toluene from the polluted air stream. The
removal efficiency up to 92% was determine when treating the polluted air stream with the initial pollutant concentration of 5–20 mg/m3
when using biofilter packed with 10–20 mm fraction size wood waste charge composed of 70% coniferous wood, 30% deciduous wood.
The measured porosity of this charge was equal to 46%.
Keywords: biofilter; toluene; volatile organic compounds; wood waste charge.
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