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Experimental Study on the Biofiltration of Toluene Gas

기상 톨루엔의 생물학적 여과에 관한 실험적 연구

  • Published : 2000.10.01
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Abstract

We studied the removal of toluene vapors in a lab-scale biofiter. Biofiltration was performed in a column fed in a downflow manner with contaminated air at ambient conditions. The column was packed with a mixture of peat and calstone(5:3 vol. Ratio), which was inoculated with microbes of selected stains(Pseudomonas putida type A). The microorganisms were immobilized on the filter media and biofilms were formed. The fiofilter was operated at various inlet toluene concentrations for days, and treated up to a maximum elimination capacity of $20 g/m^3hr$ at an inlet load of $30 g/m^3hr$, which corresponds to removal efficiencies in the range 20∼90% and a gas retention time of 1 to 2 min. The pressure drop was almost negligible over the biofilter columns, amounting to only $1.062 cmH_2O/m$ and appreciably smaller than other studies. The effects of operating conditions such as flow rate, inlet toluene concentration and moisture content on the performance of the biofilter were sequentially investigated.

본 연구는 실험실 규모의 biofilter를 이용하여 공기 중에 혼합되어 있는 대표적인 휘발성 유기화합물인 toluene기체를 제거하는 실험이다. 생물여과실험은 일반적인 조건하에서 오 염된 공기를 바이오필터의 상단으로부터 하단으로 흐르게 하 여 수행하였다. 반웅기 컬럼의 내부는 peat와 calstone (부피 비 5:3) 혼합물로 충진 되었으며, 충진재는 반응기에 채우기 전에 미생물 (Pseudomonas putida type A)과 잘 혼합하였다. 접종된 미생물은 충진 고체충에 고정화되어 생물막을 형성하 게 된다. 바이오필터는 다양한 툴루엔 농도와 유속조건에서 약 90일 이상 운전 되었으며, 최대 제거량은 유입 toluene량 $30 g/m^3hr$에서 $20 g/m^3hr$임을 알 수 있었다. 오염왼 공기는 체류시간 1-2 min에서 제거율이 20-90%끼지 변화하는 것을 보여 주었다 한편 운전중에 발생하는 압력강하는 $1.062 cmH_2O/m$ 정도로서 반응기 전체를 통하여 무시할 수 있을 정도로 낮았다.

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