title: Treatment of methylacetate waste gas using a trickle-bed air biofilter.
abstract: The trickle-bed air biofilter (TBAB) performance for methylacetate (MA) removal from waste gases was evaluated under different gas flow rates and influent concentrations. In the pseudo-steady-state conditions, the elimination capacity increased but the removal efficiency decreased with the increase of MA loading. More than 95 and 90% removal efficiencies were achieved for influent MA loadings below 390 and 727 g/m3/h, respectively. The TBAB appears to be a very effective treatment process for controlling MA emission under low to high loading conditions, and the effectiveness could be maintained over 190 days of laboratory operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. cslu@green.ev.nchu.edu.tw
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005374:Filtration; D005740:Gases; D007221:Industry; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D005740:Gases; C046923:methyl acetate