Thermophilic Biofiltration of Benzene and Toluene
2007
Cho, K.S. (Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Yoo, S.K. (Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Ryu, H.W. (Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected]
In the current studies, we characterized the degradation of a hot mixture of benzene and toluene (BT) gases by a thermophilic biofilter using polyurethane as a packing material and high-temperature compost as a microbial source. We also examined the effect of supplementing the biofilter with yeast extract (YE). We found that YE substantially enhanced microbial activity in the thermophilic biofilter. The degrading activity of the biofilter supplied with YE was stable during long-term operation (approximately 100 d) without accumulating excess biomass.
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