A biofilter model for simultaneous simulation of toluene removal and bed pressure drop under varied inlet Ioadings  

作　　者：Jinying XI Insun KANG Hongying HU Xian ZHANG 

机构地区：[1]Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China [2]Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》2015年第3期554-562,共9页环境科学与工程前沿（英文）

基　　金：This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 51378286） and special fund of State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control （No. 11Y04ESPCT）.

摘　　要：In this study, a biofiltration model including the effect of biomass accumulation and inert biomass growth is developed to simultaneously predict the Volatile Organic Compounds （VOCs） removal and filter bed pressure drop tmder varied inlet loadings. A laboratoryscale experimental biofilter for gaseous toluene removal was set up and operated for 100 days with inlet toluene concentration ranging from 250 to 2500 mg· m^-2 According to sensitivity analysis based on the model, the VOCs removal efficiency of the biofilter is more sensitive to Henry＇s constant, the specific surface area of the filter bed and the thickness of water layer, while the filter bed pressure drop is more sensitive to biomass yield coefficient and original void fraction. The calculated toluene removal efficiency and bed pressure drop satisfactorily fit the experimental data under varied inlet toluene loadings, which indicates the model in this study can be used to predict VOCs removal and bed pressure drop simultaneously. Based on the model, the effect of mass-transfer parameters on VOCs removal and the stable-run time of a biofilter are analyzed. The results demonstrate that the model can function as a good tool to evaluate the effect of biomass accumulation and optimize the design and operation of biofilters.In this study, a biofiltration model including the effect of biomass accumulation and inert biomass growth is developed to simultaneously predict the Volatile Organic Compounds （VOCs） removal and filter bed pressure drop tmder varied inlet loadings. A laboratoryscale experimental biofilter for gaseous toluene removal was set up and operated for 100 days with inlet toluene concentration ranging from 250 to 2500 mg· m^-2 According to sensitivity analysis based on the model, the VOCs removal efficiency of the biofilter is more sensitive to Henry＇s constant, the specific surface area of the filter bed and the thickness of water layer, while the filter bed pressure drop is more sensitive to biomass yield coefficient and original void fraction. The calculated toluene removal efficiency and bed pressure drop satisfactorily fit the experimental data under varied inlet toluene loadings, which indicates the model in this study can be used to predict VOCs removal and bed pressure drop simultaneously. Based on the model, the effect of mass-transfer parameters on VOCs removal and the stable-run time of a biofilter are analyzed. The results demonstrate that the model can function as a good tool to evaluate the effect of biomass accumulation and optimize the design and operation of biofilters.

关 键 词：Volatile Organic Compounds （VOCs） biofil- ters MODELLING biomass accumulation pressure drop 

分 类 号：TU991.24[建筑科学—市政工程] TQ051.13[化学工程]