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Biodegradation of n-hexane as single pollutant and in a mixture with BTEX in a scoria/compost-based biofilter
Mohammad Mehdi Amin,Amir Rahimi,Bijan Bina,Heshmatollah Nourmoradi,Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand,Fazel Mohammadi-Moghadam,Samira Norouzi,Mohsen Heidari +7 more
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In this article, the authors evaluated the biodegradation of n -hexane as single pollutant, and in a mixture with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in a scoria/compost-based biofilter.About:
This article is published in Process Safety and Environmental Protection.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: BTEX & Hexane.read more
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Simultaneous Removal of Multicomponent VOCs in Biofilters
TL;DR: The interactions among multiple target pollutants and the changes in the bioavailability and biodegradability of substrates that are responsible for substrate interactions are reviewed, and potential strategies for enhancing biofilter performance are discussed.
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Effects of concentration and gas flow rate on the removal of gas-phase toluene and xylene mixture in a compost biofilter
Eldon R. Rene,Eldon R. Rene,Natalia Sergienko,Torsha Goswami,M. Estefanía López,Gopalakrishnan Kumar,Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale,Perumal Venkatachalam,Kannan Pakshirajan,T. Swaminathan +9 more
TL;DR: Study of a compost/ceramic bead biofilter for the removal of gas-phase toluene and xylene at different inlet loading rates found that xylene removal was severely inhibited by the presence of toLUene than toluenes removal by the absence of xylene.
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Effect of presence of hydrophilic volatile organic compounds on removal of hydrophobic n-hexane in biotrickling filters
Cheng Yeting,Xiang Li,Haiyang Liu,Chunping Yang,Shaohua Wu,Cheng Du,Lijun Nie,Yuanyuan Zhong +7 more
TL;DR: The detailed effect between n-hexane and hydrophilic VOCs in BTFs is discussed, which would contribute to develop a more economical method to improve the removal performance of hydrophobic VOC's in B TFs.
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Enhanced biodegradation of n-hexane from the air stream using rhamnolipid in a biofilter packed with a mixture of compost, scoria, sugar beet pulp and poplar tree skin
Mehdi Mokhtari,Yaghoub Hajizadeh,Ali Ebrahimi,Mohsen Askari Shahi,Negar Jafari,Ali Abdolahnejad +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the efficiency of using rhamnolipid biosurfactant in biofiltration of n-hexane vapors from air streams.
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Biological Waste Air and Waste Gas Treatment: Overview, Challenges, Operational Efficiency, and Current Trends
TL;DR: In this article, a review of biological processes, both as stand-alone technology and in combination with advanced oxidation processes, were critically evaluated in regard to technical, economical, and climate policy aspects, as well as present limitations and corresponding solutions to overcome these restrictions.
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