Evaluation of a pilot-scale biotrickling filter as a VOC control technology for the plastic coating sector

Álvarez‐Hornos, Francisco Javier; Lafita, Carlos; Martínez‐Soria, Vicente; Penya-Roja, J. M.; Pérez, M.; Gabaldón, Carmen

doi:10.1016/j.bej.2011.09.009

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“…Based on the GC–MS results, it was predicted that the bio‐oxidation unit could not remove all VOCs emitted from the tank battery due to the predominance of alkanes and cycloalkanes, because of their low solubility in water and poor absorption by the aqueous biofilms. However, as indicated by other researchers, the degradation of benzene and alkylated benzenes which were the hazardous pollutants emitted from the tank battery would be high due to their higher solubility in water …”

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Evaluation of a sequential biotrickling–biofiltration unit for removal of VOCs from the headspace of crude oil storage tanks

Khoramfar

Jones

Boswell³

et al. 2018

J of Chemical Tech & Biotech

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BACKGROUND Petrochemical refineries and production sites are considered to be the second greatest source of VOC emissions after vehicle exhausts. The feasibility and performance of a novel sequential biotrickling‐biofiltration unit for the treatment of a mixture of VOCs in the headspace of an oil and gas production tank battery was evaluated for three months at the Apache TAMU#2 well storage tank battery in Snook, Texas. RESULTS The results demonstrated that the main VOC constituents of the headspace of the storage tanks were alkanes along with smaller amounts of aromatics such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. Monitoring results for the biotreatment unit showed an average removal efficiency of 50–60% at an empty bed residence time of 120 s in each tank of the unit. After inoculation of the system with wastewater from a sedimentation basin of a local refinery, the removal efficiency of the system increased dramatically which demonstrated the importance of inoculation to achieve a rapid and successful start‐up in industrial biofilters. The most optimal performance was achieved after 77 days, obtaining the highest elimination capacity of 23 g m‐3 h‐1 at total VOCs loading rate of 39 g m‐3 h‐1. CONCLUSION The operation of the field‐scale sequential BTF‐BF unit for more than three months demonstrated the robustness of this technology and the degradation capabilities of a combination of the suspended and attached growth treatment. The project results demonstrated the potential for even more optimization for improved effectiveness of this novel biological treatment technology for removal of highly variable aromatic VOC concentrations. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry

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“…To date, several pilots and field‐scale biotreatment units have been successfully installed and deployed for removal of HAPs, VOCs and odors from various industrial air emission sources such as wood product industries, paint and coatings, paper and pulp and petrochemical facilities …”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of a sequential biotrickling–biofiltration unit for removal of VOCs from the headspace of crude oil storage tanks

Khoramfar

Jones

Boswell³

et al. 2018

J of Chemical Tech & Biotech

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“…the time requested by the influent gaseous stream to pass through the empty volume that the filtering bed would occupy). Recent studies [22], [23], highlighted the benefits achievable when replacing conventional biofilters with the so-called bio-trickling filters (BTFs). Benefits are also achievable in terms of space reduction, mainly thanks to the generally lower empty-bed residence time required by BTFs and to the less stringent requirements on the superficial gas velocity, which make BTFs more compact and developed in the vertical dimension.…”

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Technical Aspects of Upgrading Composting to Anaerobic Digestion and Post-Composting

Ragazzi¹,

Schiavon²

2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The present article analyses the advantages of converting direct composting of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste into a plant with an initial step of anaerobic digestion, Clear advantages come from the energy balance thanks to the role of biogas. Important advantages are also the reduction of surface required for treating the same amount of waste and the positive role of the anaerobic digester for the management of odorigenous compounds. In terms of timing, anaerobic digestion allows decreasing the time spent for the treatment. The saving of surface can be completed by the adoption of a biotrickling filter to replace conventional biofiltration.

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“…[13,15,18] Such characteristics have a positive effect on the abatement and on the volume and section area needed, which are considerably reduced with respect to biofilters.…”

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Comparison between conventional biofilters and biotrickling filters applied to waste bio-drying in terms of atmospheric dispersion and air quality

Schiavon

Ragazzi

Torretta

et al. 2015

Environmental Technology

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Biofiltration has been widely applied to remove odours and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from industrial off-gas and mechanical-biological waste treatments. However, conventional open biofilters cannot guarantee an efficient dispersion of air pollutants emitted into the atmosphere. The aim of this paper is to compare conventional open biofilters with biotrickling filters (BTFs) in terms of VOC dispersion in the atmosphere and air quality in the vicinity of a hypothetical municipal solid waste bio-drying plant. Simulations of dispersion were carried out regarding two VOCs of interest due to their impact in terms of odours and cancer risk: dimethyl disulphide and benzene, respectively. The use of BTFs, instead of conventional biofilters, led to significant improvements in the odour impact and the cancer risk: when adopting BTFs instead of an open biofilter, the area with an odour concentration > 1 OU m(-3) and a cancer risk > 10(-6) was reduced by 91.6% and 95.2%, respectively. When replacing the biofilter with BTFs, the annual mean concentrations of odorants and benzene decreased by more than 90% in the vicinity of the plant. These improvements are achieved above all because of the higher release height of BTFs and the higher velocity of the outgoing air flow.

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Evaluation of a pilot-scale biotrickling filter as a VOC control technology for the plastic coating sector

Cited by 33 publications

References 19 publications

Evaluation of a sequential biotrickling–biofiltration unit for removal of VOCs from the headspace of crude oil storage tanks

Evaluation of a sequential biotrickling–biofiltration unit for removal of VOCs from the headspace of crude oil storage tanks

Technical Aspects of Upgrading Composting to Anaerobic Digestion and Post-Composting

Comparison between conventional biofilters and biotrickling filters applied to waste bio-drying in terms of atmospheric dispersion and air quality

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