Biofilter development for environmental and industrial applications
- Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA (United States)
Environmental remediation systems and numerous industrial processes emit off-gases that are contaminated with low concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and/or hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). These types of off-gases are typically treated using physical treatment methods such as sorption to activated carbon or thermal oxidation. Due to high capital and operating costs these air pollution control technologies can be expensive to operate. Biofiltration represents an operationally and economically feasible alternative air pollution control technology for these types of contaminated off-gas streams. This talk will discuss the development of two biofiltration systems, which in partied to the invention or installation of full-scale biofilters. The first system was developed for an environmental application by which a gasoline laden off-gas stream from a soil vapor extraction operation was remediated. The second biofilter was developed for the removal of {alpha}-pinene from off-gases produced from composite press vents during the manufacture of oriented strand board.
- OSTI ID:
- 370944
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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