Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control : proceedings of the II International Congress on Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control, A Coruña, Spain, October 3-5, 2007

CONTENTS......Page 4
ODOUR CONTROL......Page 12
IMPROVING ODOUR MANAGEMENT AND ABATEMENT PERFORMANCE USING OLFACTORY GC-MS......Page 14
A STATISTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON BIOFILTER PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO THE MAIN PROCESS PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF UNTREATED FLOWS......Page 28
REFURBISHMENT OF AN ODOUR COLLECTION AND BIOFILTER TREATMENT SYSTEM AT A MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITY IN PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA......Page 40
ODOUR AND H[sub(2)]S DEGRADATION IN A FULL SCALE BIOFILTER WITH A MINERAL BASED ORGANIC COATED FILTER MEDIA......Page 52
HIGH THROUGHPUT BIOFILTRATION FOR ODOUR CONTROL AT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT......Page 58
CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF ODOURS AT A BIOFILTER OUTLET......Page 66
REMOVAL OF ODOUR AND AMMONIA IN VENTILATION AIR FROM GROWING-FINISHING PIG UNITS USING VERTICAL BIOFILTERS......Page 76
MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY (MIMS) AS A TOOL FOR EVALUATING BIOLOGICAL AIR FILTERS IN AGRICULTURE......Page 84
MODELING AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS......Page 92
MODELING OF A FUNGAL BIOFILTER FOR THE ABATEMENT OF HYDROPHOBIC VOCs......Page 94
GASOLINE BIOFILTRATION: AN ANALYTIC MODEL......Page 106
MODELING OF BIOMASS ACCUMULATION AND FILTER BED STRUCTURE CHANGE IN BIOFILTERS FOR GASEOUS TOLUENE REMOVAL......Page 114
MODELLING THE ADSORPTION OF STYRENE AND ACETONE ON ACTIVATED CARBON AND PERLITE BEDS......Page 124
CO-TREATMENT OF BENZENE AND TOLUENE VAPOURS IN A BIOFILTER: A FACTORIAL DESIGN APPROACH......Page 132
MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION OF VOLATILE REDUCED SULFUR COMPOUNDS OXIDATION IN BIOTRICKLING FILTERS......Page 142
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED MODEL FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF IMMOBILIZED CELL BIOFILTER......Page 152
BIODESULPHURISATION AND BIOGAS TREATMENT......Page 164
DEVELOPMENT OF A FAMILY OF LARGE-SCALE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO DESULPHURISE INDUSTRIAL GASSES......Page 166
STUDY OF A DESULFURIZATION PROCESS TO CONVERT DIBENZOTHIOPHENE TO 2-HYDROXYBIPHENYL BY RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS NRRL (B-2149)......Page 184
CONTROL OF METHANE EMISSIONS ISSUING FROM LANDFILLS: THE CANADIAN CASE......Page 192
DESULFURISATION OF BIOGAS BY BIOFILTRATION......Page 200
AN INNOVATIVE BIOTRICKLING FILTER FOR H[sub(2)]S REMOVAL FROM BIOGAS......Page 214
REMOVAL OF INORGANIC POLLUTANTS......Page 224
REMOVAL OF AMMONIA BY IMMOBILIZED NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA IN A BIOTRICKLING FILTER PACKED WITH POLYURETHANE FOAM......Page 226
STUDY OF NH[sub(3)] REMOVAL BY GAS-PHASE BIOFILTRATION: EFFECTS OF SHOCK LOADS AND WATERING RATE ON BIOFILTER PERFORMANCE......Page 238
HIGH H[sub(2)]S CONCENTRATIONS ABATEMENT IN A BIOTRICKLING FILTER: START-UP AT CONTROLLED pH AND EFFECT OF THE EBRT AND O[sub(2)]/H[sub(2)]S SUPPLY RATIO......Page 250
AMMONIA TRANSFORMATION IN A BIOTRICKLING AIR FILTER......Page 262
REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE USING UPFLOW AND DOWNFLOW BIOFILTERS......Page 272
PROPOSING A NEW BATCH METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN H[sub(2)]S DEGRADING BIOTRICKLING FILTERS......Page 282
EFFECT OF VARIOUS FACTORS TO AMMONIA BIODEGRADATION BY TWO STAGE BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM......Page 292
MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS......Page 302
REMOVAL OF DIMETHYL SULFIDE IN A THERMOPHILIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR......Page 304
BIOLOGICAL WASTE GAS PURIFICATION USING MEMBRANES: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES......Page 312
TREATMENT OF THE CONFINED AIR OF A SPACECRAFT CABIN......Page 322
GAS-PHASE TOLUENE BIODEGRADATION BY BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS G4 IN A BIOFILM MEMBRANE REACTOR......Page 334
VOC REMOVAL IN CONVENTIONAL AND BIOTRICKLING FILTERS......Page 344
TREATMENT OF GAS PHASE STYRENE IN A BIOFILTER UNDER STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS......Page 346
DEGRADATION OF SOLVENT MIXTURE VAPORS IN A BIOTRICKLING FILTER REACTOR: IMPACT OF HYDROPHILIC COMPONENTS LOADING AND LOADING RELEASE DYNAMIC......Page 356
PERFORMANCE OF PEAT BIOFILTERS TREATING ETHYL ACETATE AND TOLUENE MIXTURES UNDER NON-STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS......Page 366
CHARACTERIZATION OF A BIOTRICKLING FILTER TREATING METHANOL VAPOURS......Page 378
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FUNGAL BIOFILTERS PACKED WITH PALL RING, LAVA ROCK, AND PERLITE FOR α-PINENE REMOVAL......Page 384
STYRENE DEGRADATION IN PERLITE BIOFILTER: THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE......Page 396
BIODEGRADATION OF METHYL ETHYL KETONE AND METHYL ISOPROPYL KETONE IN A COMPOSITE BEAD BIOFILTER......Page 404
REMOVAL OF A MIXTURE OF OXYGENATED VOCs IN A BIOTRICKLING FILTER......Page 414
EMERGING BIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGIES......Page 424
SOLID-LIQUID TWO-PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GAS-PHASE VOCs......Page 426
MICROBIAL SOLVENT REGENERATION IN BIOTREATMENT OF AIR CONTAMINATED BY STYRENE......Page 438
LONG-TERM STABILITY OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA CULTURES DURING THE OFF-GAS TREATMENT OF TOLUENE......Page 446
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL BIOSCRUBBING PROCESS FOR COMPLETE TREATMENT OF NO[sub(x)] FROM FLUE GASES......Page 456
DICHLOROMETHANE REMOVAL USING MIXED CULTURES IN A BIOFILTER AND A MODIFIED ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR–START UP STUDIES......Page 468
BEHAVIOUR AND OPTIMIZATION OF A NOVEL MONOLITH BIOREACTOR FOR WASTE GAS TREATMENT......Page 476
BIODEGRADATION OF BTXS AND SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS IN A BIOACTIVE FOAM REACTOR......Page 486
CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A TWO-PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR FOR VOLATILES ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TREATMENT IN OFF-GAS......Page 494
REMOVAL OF DICHLOROMETHANE FROM WASTE GASES USING A FIXED-BED BIOTRICKLING FILTER AND A CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK BIOREACTOR......Page 504
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOFILMS......Page 514
DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIABLE EXTRACTION METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF TOTAL GENOMIC DNA FROM WOODCHIP COLONIZING BIOFILM INVOLVED IN GAS BIOFILTRATION......Page 516
FT-IR CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOFILMS FORMED ON ENGINEERED BIOFILTRATION MEDIA TREATING VOLATILE ORGANIC EMISSIONS FOR THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY......Page 528
MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF TWO BIOLOGICAL AIR FILTERS DURING THE START UP PHASE......Page 538
BIOFILTER RESPONSE TO BIOMASS REACTIVATION FOR VOC TREATMENT......Page 550
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYSICAL BEHAVIOUR OF DIFFERENT PACKING MATERIALS COMMONLY USED IN BIOFILTRATION......Page 560
SUITABILITY OF DUST AND BIOAEROSOLS FROM A PIG STABLE AS INOCULUM FOR BIOLOGICAL AIR FILTERS......Page 572
PILOT-SCALE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS......Page 584
BIOFILTRATION OF BITUMEN VAPOURS–OPERATIONAL ASPECTS......Page 586
COMPARISON OF THREE PILOT PLANTS FILLED WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM A COMPOSTING PLANT......Page 596
BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTE GAS FROM INDUSTRIAL PLANTS......Page 604