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- Title
Bio-filters for the Treatment of VOCs and Odors - A Review.
- Authors
Kumar Vikrant; Ki-Hyun Kim; Szulejko, Jan E.; Pandey, Sudhir Kumar; Singh, R. S.; Giri, B. S.; Brown, Richard J. C.; Lee, S.-H.
- Abstract
Excessive amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odorants discharged into the environment are highly dangerous to human health as well as to ecological systems. Biological treatments of waste gas streams, called biofiltration, containing VOCs and odorous compounds has gained much attention because biofilters are more cost effective and environmentally friendly than conventional air pollution control technologies. This review provides an overview of biotrickling filtration, which is a type of biofiltration including continuous trickled-water flow inside filter media, for VOC and odor abatement. The configuration, design, cost effectiveness, removal capacity and environmental impact of this techniques and the future research and development needs in this area are all considered.
- Subjects
BIOFILTRATION; VOLATILE organic compounds; BIOLOGICAL nutrient removal
- Publication
Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment (AJAE), 2017, Vol 11, Issue 3, p139
- ISSN
1976-6912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5572/ajae.2017.11.3.139