High-temperature biotrickling filtration of hydrogen sulphide |
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Authors: | Indrani Datta Roberta R. Fulthorpe Shobha Sharma D. Grant Allen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;(2) Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto, Canada |
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Abstract: | Biofiltration of malodorous reduced sulphur compounds such as hydrogen sulphide has been confined to emissions that are at
temperatures below 40°C despite the fact that there are many industrial emissions (e.g. in the pulp and paper industry) at
temperatures well above 40°C. This paper describes our study on the successful treatment of hydrogen sulphide gas at temperatures
of 40, 50, 60 and 70°C using a microbial community obtained from a hot spring. Three biotrickling filter (BTF) systems were
set up in parallel for a continuous run of 9 months to operate at three different temperatures, one of which was always at
40°C as a mesophilic control and the other two were for exploring high-temperature operation up to 70°C. The continuous experiment
and a series of batch experiments in glass bottles (250 ml) showed that addition of glucose and monosodium glutamate enhanced
thermophilic biofiltration of hydrogen sulphide gas and a removal rate of 40 g m−3 h−1 was achieved at 70°C. We suggest that the glucose is acting as a carbon source for the existing microbial community in the
BTFs, whereas glutamate is acting as a compatible solute. The use of such organic compounds to enhance biodegradation of hydrogen
sulphide, particularly at high temperatures, has not been demonstrated to our knowledge and, hence, has opened up a range
of possibilities for applying biofiltration to hot gas effluent. |
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Keywords: | Reduced sulphur Air pollution Biofiltration Sulphur oxidisers Biotreatment Biological gas cleaning |
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