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Effect of empty bed residence time on biotrickling filter performance: Case study-triethylamine

Mirmohammadi, M ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0382-1
  3. Abstract:
  4. In this study, a laboratory-scale biotrickling filter (BTF) is used to remove Triethylamine (TEA) from gaseous wastes. The BTF is made of stainless steel with a height of 210 cm and an internal diameter of 21 cm packed with lava rocks. TEA elimination pattern was evaluated by changing empty bed residence times (EBRTs). The maximum elimination capacity (EC) has been determined to be 87 g/m3/h. At all EBRTs 52, 31, 20, and 10 s, contaminant transferring from gas phase to liquid was more than the EC. Also, the removal efficiency was 100 % for a mass loading of 100 g/m3/h. While the liquid recirculation velocity of 3.466 m3/m2/h was maintained, the flow rate was adjusted to 60, 100, 156, and 312 L/min. The results show that due to the high solubility of TEA in water for all the EBRTs, TEA can be solved in the circulated liquid and then be degraded gradually by microorganisms. Therefore, the least EBRT of 10 s is more appropriate
  5. Keywords:
  6. Air pollution ; Biotrickling filter ; Empty bed residence time (EBRT) ; Triethylamine ; Biofilters ; Liquids ; Waste treatment ; Bio-trickling filters ; High solubility ; Internal diameters ; Maximum elimination capacities ; Recirculation velocity ; Removal efficiencies ; Triethylamines ; Loading ; atmospheric pollution ; Bioreactor ; Diameter ; Filter ; Lava ; performance assessment ; Pollutant removal ; Residence time ; Steel ; Velocity
  7. Source: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology ; Vol. 11, issue. 1 , 2014 , pp. 183-190 ; ISSN: 17351472
  8. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13762-013-0382-1