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T1 Systematic comparison of a biotrickling filter and a conventional filter for the removal of a mixture of hydrophobic VOCs by Candida subhashii
A1 Marycz, Milena
A1 Rodríguez Muñoz, Yadira
A1 Gębicki, Jacek
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
K1 Biofiltration
K1 Biofiltración
K1 Candida subhashii
K1 Fungi
K1 Hongos
AB This work systematically compared the potential of a conventional fungal biofilter (BF) and a fungal biotrickling filter (BTF) for the abatement of a mixture of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Candida subhashii was herein used for the first time, to the best of the author's knowledge, to remove n-hexane, trichloroethylene, toluene and α-pinene under aerobic conditions. C. subhashii immobilized on polyurethane foam supported steady state removal efficiencies of n-hexane, trichloroethylene, toluene and α-pinene of 25.4 ± 0.9%, 20.5 ± 1.0%, 19.6 ± 1.5% and 25.6 ± 2.8% in the BF, and 35.7 ± 0.9%, 24.0 ± 1.6%, 44.0 ± 1.7% and 26.2 ± 1.8% in the BTF, respectively, at relatively short gas residence times (30 s). The ability of C. subhashii to biodegrade n-hexane, TCE, toluene and α-pinene was confirmed in a batch test conducted in serum bottles, where a biodegradation pattern (toluene ≈ n-hexane > α-pinene > trichloroethylene) comparable to that recorded in the BF and BTF was recorded.
PB Elsevier
SN 0045-6535
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/54129
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/54129
LA eng
NO Chemosphere, 2022, vol. 306, 135608
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 30-abr-2024