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Removal Characteristics of Styrene Vapor in the Biofilter Packed with Loess/Polyurethane Composite Media

황토/폴리우레탄 복합담체를 충전한 Biofilter에서 기상 Styrene의 제거특성

  • Kang Kyung-Ho (Division of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cheju National University) ;
  • Kam Sang-Kyu (Division of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cheju National University) ;
  • Lee Taek-Kwan (Hungsan Environmental Construction Company) ;
  • Lim Sang-Bin (Department of Food Bioengineering, Cheju National University) ;
  • Lee Min-Gyu (Division of Applied Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • 강경호 (제주대학교 토목환경공학) ;
  • 감상규 (제주대학교 토목환경공학) ;
  • 이택관 (흥산환경건설(주)) ;
  • 임상빈 (제주대학교 식품생명공학과) ;
  • 이민규 (부경대학교 응용화학공학부)
  • Published : 2005.11.01
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Abstract

The treatment of styrene vapor was carried out using the biofilter packed with loess/polyurethane composite during continuous operation of 74 days. The microorganisms were adapted within 2-3 days under the experimental conditions of inlet concentration and empty bed contact time (EBCT). At 200 sec of EBCT, the removal efficiency of styrene was 100\% with 200 ppmv of inlet concentration, while $92\%$ with 400 ppmv of inlet concentration. The biofilter showed the stable removal efficiencies of over $74\%$ under the EBCT range from 300 to 75 sec at the 150 ppmv of inlet styrene concentration. The maximum capacity of styrene removal for the biofilter packed with loess/polyurethane was $29g/m^3/hr$. During continuous operation of 74 days, pH of the drain water changed slightly and the pressure drop through the biofilter column was below $45\;mmH_2O/m$.

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