Abstract
The application of biofilteration to treat volatile organic carbon (VOC) under variable flow rate and unsteady loading for obtaining consistently high removal efficiencies, were presented. VOCs released during the application of spray coatings in the paint booth can create fire or explosion hazards, also contribute to air pollution. Four trickle-bed air biofilters were employed to control paint booth VOCs as single contaminants - toluene, styrene, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK). The filter performance was valuated for different stressed operating conditions at different inlet VOC concentration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1435-1445 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Meeting and Exhibition |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Proceedings of the A and WMA's 97th Annual Conference and Exhibition; Sustainable Development: Gearing Up for the Challenge - Indianapolis, IN, United States Duration: 22 Jun 2004 → 25 Jun 2004 |
Keywords
- Air emission
- Backwashing
- Non-use period
- Paint booth VOCs
- Trickle-bed air biofilter