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Biofiltration for Waste Gas Handling

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Biotechnology for the Environment: Wastewater Treatment and Modeling, Waste Gas Handling

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Abstract

Facing the increasing concern about the environment, biological gas cleaning has been developed since the 1920’s [1, cited by 2]. Nevertheless, it is only since a few decades ago that biological gas cleaning is being accepted as a competitive alternative to the more conventional physico-chemical treatment technologies. Nowadays, it is commonly used for the cleaning of a wide variety of gaseous pollutants. Since the beginning, three main groups of biological gas cleaning technologies were considered: biofiltration, bioscrubbing and trickling filtration. These technologies differ by the presence or absence of a carrier material and of a mobile liquid phase (Table 1). Trickling filters and bioscrubbers are quite similar concerning the presence of a mobile liquid phase serving as nutrient source for the microorganisms. Conversely, biofiltration is characterized by the use of an organic carrier ensuring the nutrient supply and by the absence of a mobile liquid phase or by the use of an inert carrier but with intermittent supply of nutrients. This chapter presents the main characteristics of these three technologies although it mainly focuses on biofiltration with organic carriers, which is the most largely used process [3].

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