Removal of benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX) from waste gases was studied in a 50-L laboratory-scale biofilter (25.2 cm I.D. and 100 cm H). A commercial blend of composted chicken manure and peat moss was used as the filter bed. The composted organic material was selected due to its relatively high microbial diversity and for its nutritive value (i.e. presence of N-sources and essential miner...

Nitrification plays a crucial role in global nitrogen cycling and treatment processes. However, the relationships between the nitrifier guilds of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are still poorly understood, especially in freshwater habitats. This study examined the physiological interactions between the AOB and NOB present in a freshwater aquarium biofilter...

The removal of mixtures of gas-phase pollutants released from formaldehyde- and formaldehyde resin-producing industries was studied in different bioreactor systems. The waste gases contained formaldehyde, methanol, dimethylether and carbon monoxide. The use of a hybrid two-stage bioreactor, composed of a biotrickling filter and a conventional biofilter connected in series, led to very high elim...

The use of pig slurry as organic fertilizer in intensive horticulture could be possible after hygienization to avoid contamination products. This research aimed evaluate a mixture tomato waste and rice husk biofilter media reduce NH3, N2O, CO2, CH4 losses from simple low-cost solution for by pH modification. experiment was made system laboratory scale biofilters connected jars filled with raw c...

The recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) is a land-based facility, either open-air or indoors, that minimizes water consumption by filtering, adapting, and reusing water. Solid organic matter from fish waste food directly becomes needs to be eliminated because it source of increasing total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), suspended solids (TSS), dissolved (TDS), also has an impact on reducing oxygen (...

Drinking water biofiltration offers the possibility of removal trace level micropollutants from source water. Sand, granular activated carbon (GAC), GAC sandwich (a layer loaded in middle sand bed), and anthracite-sand dual biofilters were set-up duplicate at bench-scale to mimic filtration process real drinking treatment works. During 3-month system operation, five antibiotics (amoxicillin, cl...

Treating NH3-loaded gases is necessary for improved livestock management. Nitrification, the sequential oxidation of NH3 to NO3? via NO2?, an important microbial process effective long-term removal. Denitrification, a respiration that reduces and NO2? N2 under anaerobic conditions, can also contribute nitrogen conversion in biofiltration systems. Understanding these processes imperative control...