Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Biofilter

Mathematical Modeling for Volatile Organic Compounds Removal in a Biofilter: Model Validation and Sensitivity Analysis

Mathematical Modeling for Volatile Organic Compounds Removal in a Biofilter: Model Validation and Sensitivity Analysis

In this work, a dynamic model has been developed for prediction of biofilters performance. The model includes most of the phenomena occurring in a biofilter. For biodegradation of pollutants in the biofilm, the Michaelis-Menten kinetic has been considered. The model equations including gas phase and biofilm partial differential equations were solved simultaneously using finite difference and me...

Catalytic Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds

The degradation of air quality by the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air particularly harms human health and our environment. Regulation of outdoor VOC emissions is required to prevent the formation of ground-level ozone, which is principally responsible for photochemical smog. Indoor emissions of VOCs have been the subject of recent consideration for many governments aro...

Removal of Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and formaldehyde are ubiquitous in indoor environment. 16 Inhalation of VOCs can cause irritations, difficulty breathing, and nausea, and damage the central 17 nervous system as well as other organs. Formaldehyde is even a carcinogen. Removal of VOCs and 18 formaldehyde is thus critical to control indoor air quality (IAQ). Photocatalytic oxidation has been 19 d...

Removal of hydrophobic Volatile Organic Compounds

23 Since usual processes involve water as absorbent, they appear not always really efficient for the treatment of 24 hydrophobic VOC. Recently, absorption and biodegradation coupling in a two-phase partitioning bioreactor (TPPB) 25 proved to be a promising technology for hydrophobic compound treatment. The choice of the organic phase, the non26 aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) is based on various pa...