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T1 Comparative assessment of two biotrickling filters for siloxanes removal: Effect of the addition of an organic phase
A1 Pascual, Celia
A1 Cantera Ruiz de Pellón, Sara
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
A1 Lebrero Fernández, Raquel
K1 Biogas upgrading
K1 Mejora de biogás
K1 Biotrickling filters
K1 Filtro biopercolador
K1 Siloxanes
K1 Siloxanos
K1 23 Química
K1 33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
AB Biogas produced at wastewater treatment plants and landfills contains trace levels of volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS) that are responsible for abrasion, corrosion and erosion of equipment during biogas storage and combustion. This research comparatively evaluated the removal of the most common VMS (L2, L3, D4, and D5) under aerobic conditions in a conventional biotrickling filter (BTF) and a two-phase partitioning BTF (TP-BTF) with silicone oil (at 30%) as organic phase. The TP-BTF showed a superior performance compared to the conventional BTF, increasing the total VMS removal from <30% in the BTF up to ∼70% in the TP-BTF. The highest REs in the TP-BTF were recorded for D4 and D5, reaching values of 80–90%, corresponding to ECs between 0.12 and 0.17 g m−3.h−1. Slightly lower values were obtained for L3 (70–80%), and the lowest performance was recorded for L2 (20–60%) due to the high vapor pressure of this siloxane and therefore its lower affinity by the organic phase. Surprisingly, despite the different inocula used, a similar microbial community was found by the end of operation of both BTFs, with KMBC-112, Reynarella and Chitinophaga as the dominant genera.
PB Elsevier
SN 0045-6535
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/47066
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/47066
LA eng
NO Chemosphere, 2020, vol. 251, p. 126359
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-abr-2024