Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A comparison of biofiltration performance based on bacteria and fungi for treating toluene vapors from airflow |
| Authors: |
Roohollah Ghasemi, Farideh Golbabaei, Sasan Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Ramin Nabizadeh, Mohammad Javad Jafari, Ensieh masoorian |
| Source: |
AMB Express, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
SpringerOpen, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Biotechnology
LCC:Microbiology |
| Subject Terms: |
Toluene, Elimination capacity, Removal efficiency, Pressure drop, Pseudomonas putida, Pleurotus ostreatus, Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65, Microbiology, QR1-502 |
| More Details: |
Abstract With increasing concerns about industrial gas contaminants and the growing demand for durable and sustainable technologies, attentions have been gradually shifted to biological air pollution controls. The ability of Pseudomonas putida PTCC 1694 (bacteria) and Pleurotus ostreatus IRAN 1781C (fungus) to treat contaminated gas stream with toluene and its biological degradation was compared under similar operating conditions. For this purpose, a biofilter on the laboratory scale was designed and constructed and the tests were carried out in two stages. The first stage, bacterial testing, lasted 20 days and the second stage, fungal testing, lasted 16 days. Inlet loading rates (IL) for bacterial and fungal biofilters were 21.62 ± 6.04 and 26.24 ± 7.35 g/m3 h respectively. In general, fungal biofilter showed a higher elimination capacity (EC) than bacterial biofilter (18.1 ± 6.98 vs 13.7 ± 4.7 g/m3 h). However, the pressure drop in the fungal biofilter was higher than the bacterial biofilter (1.26 ± 0.3 vs 1 ± 0.3 mm water), which was probably due to the growth of the mycelium. Fungal biofiltration showed a better performance in the removal of toluene from the air stream. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2191-0855 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2191-0855 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13568-019-0941-z |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/ef641a612e66459da71e3c1946c2ff7a |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.f641a612e66459da71e3c1946c2ff7a |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
