Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control: Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control. Delft, The Netherlands, September 28-30, 2009

330 Pages·2010·9.12 MB·English

by  Jan Bartacek (ed.)

Biotechniques for
Air Pollution Control
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON BIOTECHNIQUES FOR
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS, 28–30 SEPTEMBER 2009
Biotechniques for
Air Pollution Control
Editors
Jan Bartacek, Christian Kennes & Piet N.L. Lens

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Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Organisation xvii
Waste gas treatment – keynotes
1 Bioprocesses for waste gas treatment 3
c. kennes
2 Biological control of industrial VOC emissions
in North America – 20 years of evolution 9
j.t. boswell
Waste gas treatment – process fundamentals
3 Two liquid phase partitioning bioreactor system for
biodegradation of pyrene by Mycobacterium frederiksbergense 13
b. mahanty, k. pakshirajan & v.v. dasu
Biofi ltration – organic pollutants
4 α-Pinene removal from air in one- and two- liquid-phase
thermophilic and mesophilic biotrickling filters 23
m. montes, e.r. rene, m.c. veiga & c. kennes
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5 Effect of polyamine on adsorption and degradation of toluene
by biocomposite based on natural fiber 27
v.a.e. barrios & o.b.g. acosta
6 Biofiltration of n-hexane in the presence of different
levels of benzene vapors 33
a.a. hassan & g.a. sorial
7 Effects of inlet concentration and shut down on the
biofiltration of isoamyl alcohol vapors 39
j.p.s. vinasco, a.j.a. lópez & m.j.l. rojas
8 Comparison between laboratory and pilot biotrickling
filtration of air emissions from painting and wood finishing 45
c. gabaldón, v. martínez-soria, j.-m. penya-roja, f. sempere,
m. izquierdo & j. palau
9 Removal of a mixture of VOCs using immobilized yeast
strain Candida tropicalis in an airlift bioreactor 51
h.-k. namgung, j.h. kang, s.-j. hwang & j. song
10 Effects of adding ozone on a biofilter treating gaseous
chlorobenzene: Performance change and mechanism 57
c. wang, j.-y. xi, h.-y. hu & y. yao
Biofi ltration – keynotes
11 Biofiltration – from past to future – a scientific view 69
f.-b. frechen & w. franke
12 Biofiltration – full scale applications – challenges and solutions 75
t.j. schulz

Emission control
13 Composition of air emissions from tobacco factories and
development of the biocatalyst for odor control 79
n.a. zagustina, a.k. kulikova, m.e. romanov,
a.o. ruzhitsky, v.g. zhukov, v.o. popov, n.i. krikunova,
t.a. misharina, m.b. terenina & a.a. veprizky
14 Characterization of airborne particulate matter in greater
Cairo area (Egypt) using neutron activation analysis technique 85
a.b.a. ramadan
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Biofi ltration – methane and ammonia
15 Biofiltration of methane from the piggery industry – influence
of the methane and nitrogen concentrations 95
m. girard, j. nikiema, g. buelna & m. heitz
16 Effect of silicone oil fraction and stirring rate on methane
degradation in a stirred tank reactor 101
j. rocha-rios, r. muñoz & s. revah
17 Functional and structural response of ammonia and VOC
converting biofilm to variations in air loading
and water management 109
s. juhler, l.d.m. ottosen, l.b. guldberg, l.p. nielsen,
a. schramm & n.p. revsbech
18 Regulation of ammonia oxidation in biotrickling air filters 111
l.d.m. ottosen, s. juhler, l.b. guldberg, l.p. nielsen,
a. schramm & n.p. revsbech
Bioenergy – resource recovery
19 Microalgae as feedstock for biodiesel production: Carbon dioxide
sequestration, lipid production and biofuel quality 115
é.c. francisco, e. jacob-lopes, d.b. neves & t.t. franco
20 Toluene gas phase biofiltration by Paecilomyces lilacinus for
biomass production and recovery of a hydrophobin protein 117
g. vigueras, k. shirai, m. morales & s. revah
Sulfur compounds
21 Control of sulfur compounds emissions 127

s. revah
22 Real-time PCR and PCR-DGGE on the functional soxB
gene: A new approach to monitor sulfo oxidizing bacteria
in biotricklers treating hydrogen sulfide 129
m. jovic, s. lacroix, c. secher, n. brack, a.-s. lepeuple,
i. charron, & p. zozor
23 Extremely acidophilic sulfur-oxidising bacteria for
wastegas treatment 131
n.j.r. kraakman, m.j. smeulders, m.h. zandvoort,
a. pol, m.s.m. jetten & h.j.m. op den camp
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24 Biotrickling filters for hydrogen sulphide, methyl mercaptan,
dimethyl sulphide and dimethyl disulphide removal
by Thiobacillus thioparus and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans 137
m. ramirez, m. fernández, m.s. cáceres, r.m. pérez,
j.m. gómez, d. cantero & g. aroca
25 The development of biological desulfurization for polluted
air and gas streams 151
r. lems & e.h.m. dirkse
26 Outlook for waste gas treatment – scientific perspective 161
y. andrès
Poster presentations
27 Development of an original approach to evaluate effects
of surfactants, biomass and pollutants on the scaling-up
of a two-phase partitioning bioreactor 165
j.-m. aldric, s. gillet, f. delvigne & p. thonart
28 Bio alcohol production from agricultural residues 167
i. alemzadeh & m. vossoughi
29 GHG reduction potential in the seafood industry: A case study
of seafood processing industry in Thailand 175
a.a. baloch & a.p. annachhatre
30 Sewage biogas treatment: Relevant options based
on the biogas end-use 181
l. bouchy, n. de arespacochaga, jl. cortina, e. larrotcha,
m. sanchez & c. peregrina
31 Sensitivity analysis of the model that describes the biofiltration
of a mixture of H S and DMS 185
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g. aroca, j. silva, m. morales, m.s. cáceres &
r. san martín
32 Experimental determination of kinetic parameters in
biofilters treating methanol 191
a. avalos ramirez, j.p. jones & m. heitz
33 Comparative study of packing materials for H S removal
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by biofiltration 199
i. charron, p. zozor, c. renner & m. jovic
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34 Biodegradation of BTEX in a two phase partitioning
system – Use of a biodegradable solvent 201
r. chikh, a. couvert, h. aït amar & a. amrane
35 Biofilter pilot plant to reduce VOCs pollution
of industrial emissions 207
m. civilini & g. cortella
36 Silicone oil: An effective absorbent for hydrophobic
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) removal 215
g. darracq, a. couvert, c. couriol, a. amrane, p. le cloirec,
d. thomas, e. dumont & y. andrès
37 Study of the biomass accumulation from inoculation to
clogging in a biofilter treating toluene at high loads 223
a.d. dorado, x. gamisans, j.a. baeza, j. lafuente & d. gabriel
38 Evaluation of innovative packing materials for the
biodegradation of H S: A comparative study 227
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e. dumont & y. andrès
39 Start-up and tuning of organic biofilters under restricted
moisture conditions 233
a. elias, a. barona, g. gallastegui, l. gurtubay & n. rojo
40 Oxidation of biologically-produced elemental sulfur
at neutrophilic conditions 237
m. fortuny, c. casas, j. lafuente, d. gabriel & x. gamisans
41 Air phytoremediation – Removal of particular matter,
PAHs and metals by higher plants 243
s.w. gawronski, j. graczyk, r. popek, m. korzeniewski,
a. sæbo & h. gawronska

42 Modelling the biofiltration of styrene-acetone-air mixtures 247
a.m. gerrard, j. skalicky & j. paca
43 Alkaline biofiltration of volatile sulfur compound odors 251
a. gonzález-sánchez, g. baquerizo, s. revah,
l. arellano-garcía & s. hernández-jiménez
44 Short term characterization of a H S biotricking filter packing
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using a gaseous-liquid respirometer 255
a. gonzález-sánchez, j. lafuente, d. gabriel, x. gamisans & g. baquerizo
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45 Influence of bark pH and electrical conductivity on lichen
value diversity around power plants “Kosova A and B” 261
b. mustafa, a. hajdari & e. hoxha
46 Mosses and lichens as indicator of air quality around
power plants Kosova 265
a. hajdari, b. mustafa & e. hoxha
47 Thermodynamic modeling for hydrogen production from
biomass and evaluation of biomass energy technologies 269
sh. hemmati, y. saboohi, n. hashemi, m. vossoughi & g.r. pazuki
48 Improved odour control with full-scale multi-layered
biological treatment methods 275
j. cesca & n.j.r. kraakman
49 The MBR for biological desulfurization of biogas: Miniaturizing
the BioReactor with the DMT BioSulfurex® HCP process 279
r. lems & e.h.m. dirkse
50 Multiple stage DMT Odourex®: The next generation
biological odour control systems 287
r. lems, e.h.m. dirkse & j. edens
51 The emission of microbial aerosols from wastewater
treatment plant with Orbal oxidation ditch process 293
l. li, m. gao & j. liu
52 Performance of a monolith bioreactor for the removal
of styrene from polluted air 299
e.r. rene, m.e. lópez, m.c. veiga & c. kennes
53 Removal of α-pinene from waste gases through air diffusion
into one- and two- liquid-phase suspended-growth bioreactors 305
m. montes, m.c. veiga & c. kennes
54 Application of plants for controlling air pollution with
chlorine-containing compounds in Yerevan, Armenia 309
g.s. nersisyan & h.a. hovhannisyan
55 Physicochemical characterization of a biofilter packing
for the modeling of dispersion, and sorption of ammonia 317
f.x. prenafeta-boldú, a. magrí, g. baquerizo & j. illa
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56 Removal of siloxanes from biogas using adsorption 321
a. prochazkova, v. vrbova & k. ciahotny
57 Biodegradation of gas – phase mixtures of styrene and acetone
in a biofilter inoculated with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus 331
e.r. rene, r. špacˇ ková, m.c. veiga & c. kennes
58 Biofilters of the next generation 335
f. sabo & s. prechel
59 Odor mitigation with tree buffers: Swine production case study 341
s. trabue, t. sauer, r. pfeiffer, g. hernandez & j. tyndall
60 Development of submerged and solid state bioreactors
for waste gas treatment 345
o. muter, a. mihailova, d. zarina, u. viesturs, j. vanags & s. strikauska
Author index 349

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