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Comparative Evaluation of Selected Biological Methods for the Removal of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Odorous VOCs from Air
Abstract
Due to increasingly stringent legal regulations as well as increasing social awareness, the removal of odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from air is gaining importance. This paper presents the strategy to compare selected biological methods intended for the removal of different air pollutants, especially of odorous character. Biofiltration, biotrickling filtration and bioscrubbing technologies are evaluated in terms of their suitability for the effective removal of either hydrophilic or hydrophobic VOCs as well as typical inorganic odorous compounds. A pairwise comparison model was used to assess the performance of selected biological processes of air treatment. Process efficiency, economic, technical and environmental aspects of the treatment methods are taken into consideration. The results of the calculations reveal that biotrickling filtration is the most efficient method for the removal of hydrophilic VOCs while biofilters enable the most efficient removal of hydrophobic VOCs. Additionally, a simple approach for preliminary method selection based on a decision tree is proposed. The presented evaluation strategies may be especially helpful when considering the treatment strategy for air polluted with various types of odorous compounds.
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- Articles
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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Processes
no. 7,
edition 187,
ISSN: 2227-9717 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Bibliographic description:
- Gospodarek M., Rybarczyk P., Szulczyński B., Gębicki J.: Comparative Evaluation of Selected Biological Methods for the Removal of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Odorous VOCs from Air// Processes -Vol. 7,iss. 4 (2019), s.187-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/pr7040187
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- This work was financially supported by the project “INTERPHD2” no. POWR.03.02.00-IP.08-00-DOC/16.
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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