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Conventional Biofilters

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Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment

Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution ((EPOL,volume 4))

Abstract

Most of the recent literature dealing with biological waste gas treatment indicates that it is not really a new technology, which is indeed basically correct, taking into account that biofiltration has been applied for several decades, though at small scale and with low flow rates, mainly for the removal of volatile pollutants emitted from waste water treatment plants and composting processes (Pomeroy, 1957; Ottengraf and Diks, 1992). Biofiltration was initially mainly exclusively used for the removal of odours by means of soil biofilters designed and set up according to empirical considerations. Applications have recently been extended to a much wider range of compounds, mainly volatile organic compounds, over the last two decades. Development of scientific studies, engineering concepts and non-empirical design of biofilters is also quite recent, as well as the search for new support media and new bioreactor configurations, as will also be described in following chapters.

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Kennes, C., Veiga, M.C. (2001). Conventional Biofilters. In: Kennes, C., Veiga, M.C. (eds) Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment. Environmental Pollution, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0930-9_3

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