Study of a Fungal Biofilter Treating Toluene Vapors during Intermittent Loading

Biofiltration is known as an economic process for treating polluted air emitted from many industries. In this research, performance of one special type of white-rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, on a sterilized compost with lava as an organic bed was studied. The flow rate of inlet air was set at 0.4, 1, 1.6 lit/min. The maximum elimination capacity was 5.2 g/m 3 h on the twenty-fifth day. The removal efficiency reached above 80% after a fifty-day period with daily shut down.

کلیدواژه ها:

Biofiltration ، Toluene ، White-rot fungi ، Compost ، Intermittent loading