Theoretical model for removal of volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollutant in trickling biofilter

This paper presents an analytical model for predicting VOC waste gas degradation in a trickling biofilter. To facilitate the analysis, the packed bed is simplified into a series of straight capillary tubes covered by the biofilm. The gas-liquid flow field through the tube is divided into the liquid film flow on the biofilm and the gas core flow in the center. The biofilm consists of a reaction free zone close to solid wall and a reaction zone beneath the liquid film. The capillary tube model accounts for the effect of mass transport resistance in the liquid film and the biofilm, the gas-liquid interfacial mass transport resistance, the biochemical reaction, and the limitation of oxygen to biochemical reaction. The liquid film thickness in the capillary tube is obtained by simultaneously solving a set of hydrodynamic equations representing the momentum transport behaviors of the gas-liquid two-phase flow. The mass transport equations are established for gas core, liquid film, and biofilm combined with biochemical kinetics equations. An iterative computation process is employed to solve the discrete equations. The predicted purification efficiencies of VOC waste gas in trickling biofilter are found to be in good agreement with the experimental data. It has been revealed that for a fixed inlet concentration of toluene, the purification efficiency of trickling biofilter decreases with the increase in gas flow rate and liquid flow rate. The purification efficiency of VOC waste gas is dominated by mass transport resistance in liquid film and biofilm. The highest biodegradation rate occurs at the inlet of waste gas in trickling biofilter.

作 者： 廖強(qiáng) 陳蓉 朱恂   作者單位： Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China  刊 名： 中國科學(xué)E輯(英文版)  SCI 英文刊名： SCIENCE IN CHINA (TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES)  年，卷(期)： 2003 46(3)  分類號(hào)： X5  關(guān)鍵詞： trickling biofilter   purification of low concentration VOC waste gas   capillary tube model  

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