Methane oxidation in a biofilter (Part 2): A lab-scale experiment for model calibration.
In this study an experimental study on a biological methane oxidation column presented with the aim to calibrate a mathematical model developed in an earlier study. The column was designed to reproduce at lab-scale a real biofilter trying to consider the more probable landfill boundary conditions. Although the methane oxidation efficiency in the column was lower than the expected (around 35%), an appropriate model implementation showed an acceptable agreement between the outcomes data of the model simulation and the experimental data (with Theil's Inequality Coefficient value of 0.08). A calibrated model allows a better management of the biofilter performance in terms of methane oxidation.
a School of Engineering , University of Basilicata , Potenza , Italy.|b Department of Industrial Biological Sciences , Ghent University Campus Kortrijk , Kortrijk , Belgium.
Corrado
C
Amodeo
a School of Engineering , University of Basilicata , Potenza , Italy.
Salvatore
S
Masi
b Department of Industrial Biological Sciences , Ghent University Campus Kortrijk , Kortrijk , Belgium.
Stijn W H
SW
Van Hulle
a School of Engineering , University of Basilicata , Potenza , Italy.
Pier Francesco
PF
Zirpoli
a School of Engineering , University of Basilicata , Potenza , Italy.
Ignazio M
IM
Mancini
a School of Engineering , University of Basilicata , Potenza , Italy.
Donatella
D
Caniani
D056804:Biofuels; D002138:Calibration; D005374:Filtration; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D056804:Biofuels; D008697:Methane
Biofilters; landfill gas; methane emission; methane oxidation; methanotrophs microorganisms