TY - GEN
T1 - Volatile organic compounds in the ventilation air before and after the biofilter of a mechanical waste treatment plant
AU - Lanzerstorfer, Christof
AU - Drach, Bernhard
AU - Pröll, Friedrich
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The ventilation air from mechanical waste treatment plants is contaminated with volatile organic compounds and odour. For the treatment of such air biofilters are usually applied. In this study the separation efficiency of an industrial biofilter was investigated. The separation efficiency of the biofilter for VOCs was significantly lower than the reduction efficiency for odour. This could be attributed mostly to the alkanes, especially the C3-C4 alkanes, contained in the ventilation air. The calculated emission rates for total VOCs and for C3-C4 alkanes were 54 gC per tonne of waste and 17 gC per tonne of waste, respectively.
AB - The ventilation air from mechanical waste treatment plants is contaminated with volatile organic compounds and odour. For the treatment of such air biofilters are usually applied. In this study the separation efficiency of an industrial biofilter was investigated. The separation efficiency of the biofilter for VOCs was significantly lower than the reduction efficiency for odour. This could be attributed mostly to the alkanes, especially the C3-C4 alkanes, contained in the ventilation air. The calculated emission rates for total VOCs and for C3-C4 alkanes were 54 gC per tonne of waste and 17 gC per tonne of waste, respectively.
KW - Biofilter
KW - volatile organic compounds
KW - mechanical waste treatment
KW - Biofilter
KW - volatile organic compounds
KW - mechanical waste treatment
KW - Volatile organic compounds
KW - Mechanical waste treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044988634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11159/icepr16.172
DO - 10.11159/icepr16.172
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781927877265
T3 - Proceedings of the World Congress on New Technologies
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress on New Technologies, NEWTECH 2016
T2 - 6th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation
Y2 - 18 August 2016 through 19 August 2016
ER -