生物滴滤池中废气有机物的生物降解*

生物滴滤法是一种经济、有效的有机废气处理方法。从填料的选择、传质过程、微生物的筛选等几个方面介绍了影响生物滴滤池处理效果的几个关键因素。回顾以前的一些研究成果并对某些重要观点进行了总结与分析,希望能为生物滴滤池在有机废气处理的应用开发提供参考。     

生物滴滤池处理废气中生物质的积累与控制措施

生物滴滤池在废气处理中具有其无以比拟的优点,但由于其在工业化应用面临的最大难题就是如何解决生物质积累所带来的种种问题。综述分析生物滴滤池处理废气中生物质的积累的危害;以εf和αf为参数探求其积累的机理;生物质积累的控制措施,包括化学法、物理机械法与其他一些方法。     

生物滴滤池处理甲苯废气的研究

以陶粒和活性炭为填料的生物滴滤池系统,对人工合成的甲苯废气进行了净化处理试验,4个多月的运行结果表明(1)添加活性炭能提高填料柱的处理性能,陶粒和活性炭组成的复合填料能有效地处理含有甲苯的废气,当进气浓度为2.35g/m3时,去除率可达95%以上,填料柱对甲苯的去除能力为130g/m3·h;(2)在低浓度下,生物滴滤池的处理性能受传质过程控制;(3)填料柱出气通过循环液曝气处理后,废气中甲苯浓度进一步降低.     

生物滴滤池处理甲苯废气的研究*

以陶粒和活性炭为填料的生物滴滤池系统,对人工合成的甲苯废气进行了净化处理试验,4个多月的运行结果表明:(1)添加活性炭能提高填料柱的处理性能,陶粒和活性炭组成的复合填料能有效地处理含有甲苯的废气,当进气浓度为2·35g/m³时,去除率可达95%以上,填料柱对甲苯的去除能力为130g/m³·h;(2)在低浓度下,生物滴滤池的处理性能受传质过程控制;(3)填料柱出气通过循环液曝气处理后,废气中甲苯浓度进一步降低。     

处理甲苯废气的生物滴滤池中微生物生态学研究

利用PCR-DGGE技术分析了处理甲苯废气的生物滴滤池生物多样性,结果表明:在运行过程中,随着生物滴滤池对甲苯去除能力的不断增加,填料当中的微生物种群也发生了明显的变化。在甲苯的选择压力下,随时间的迁延,微生物种类减少,优势种群的相对丰度增加,处于不同层面填料上的微生物分布也趋向于一致。     

处理甲苯废气的生物滴滤池中微生物生态学研究

利用PCR-DGGE技术分析了处理甲苯废气的生物滴滤池生物多样性,结果表明：在运行过程中,随着生物滴滤池对甲苯去除能力的不断增加,填料当中的微生物种群也发生了明显的变化。在甲苯的选择压力下,随时间的迁延,微生物种类减少,优势种群的相对丰度增加,处于不同层面填料上的微生物分布也趋向于一致。     

臭气生物处理技术

介绍了生物滤池、生物洗涤塔和生物滴滤池等常规生物除臭技术以及真菌生物反应器、复合式反应器、物化-生物组合反应器等臭气控制新技术的特性、发展状况及其应用,阐述了生物反应器内的除臭功能菌的特性以及臭气生物处理技术的应用前景。     

生物技术在环境保护中的研究与应用概况

从废水、废气、固体废弃物处理及环境监测和环境修复等几个方面介绍了生物技术在环境污染治理和环境保护中的应用与研究进展,分析了生物处理工艺的特点及优势,预言了环境生物技术今后的发展方向和前景。     

废气生物处理设施排放的微生物气溶胶逸散特征、影响因素与暴露风险研究进展

生物处理技术因其具有高效、成本低廉、操作简便、清洁、无二次污染等特点,已被广泛应用于废气处理方面,但微生物气溶胶会作为二次污染物从废气处理设施排放到周围空气中。由于携带和传播有害微生物,微生物气溶胶对人体健康造成潜在危害和风险。废气生物处理设施既是微生物气溶胶的“汇”,也是微生物气溶胶的“源”。本文阐述了废气生物处理设施微生物气溶胶的逸散水平、群落结构和粒径分布特征,分析了其形成原因、主要来源、影响因素和暴露风险,为废气生物处理设施产生的微生物气溶胶的识别和控制技术研究提供科学依据和参考。     

生物净化废气技术的进展

生物技术以其能在常温常压下将污染物降解为无毒无害的简单物质、无二次污染、运行费用低等优点,目前已应用于许多废气处理,并已经形成了一套关于可生化气体的净化原理和工业应用经验的重要体系。文中介绍了生物技术处理污水处理厂、养殖场排放的恶臭气体、工厂排放的硫化物的发展,并分析了解决生物膜堵塞的途径,以及分子生物学在废气生物处理中的应用研究,提出生物净化废气技术的发展方向,期待该技术在国内能得到更广泛的应用。     

Long-term microbial community dynamics at two full-scale biotrickling filters treating pig house exhaust air

In this study, the microbial community structure of two full-scale biotrickling filters treating exhaust air from a pig housing facility were evaluated using 16S metabarcoding. The effect of inoculation with activated sludge of a nearby domestic waste water treatment plant was investigated, which is a cheap procedure and easy to apply in practice. The study was performed at a three-stage and a two-stage full-scale biotrickling filter; of which, only the latter was inoculated. Both biotrickling filters evolved towards a rather similar community over time, which differed from the one in the activated sludge used for inoculation. However, the bacterial population at both biotrickling filters showed small differences on the family level. A large population of heterotrophic bacteria, including denitrifying bacteria, was present in both biotrickling filters. In the non-inoculated biotrickling filter, nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) could not be detected, which corresponded with the incomplete nitrification leading to high nitrite accumulation observed in this system. Inoculation with the wide spectrum inoculum activated sludge had in this study a positive effect on the biotrickling filter performance (higher ammonia removal and lower nitrous oxide production). It could thus be beneficial to inoculate biotrickling filters in order to enrich NOB at the start-up, making it easier to keep the free nitrous acid concentration low enough to not be inhibited by it.     

Biomass control in waste air biotrickling filters by protozoan predation

Two protozoan species as well as an uncharacterized protozoan consortium were added to a toluene-degrading biotrickling filter to investigate protozoan predation as a means of biomass control. Wet biomass formation in 23.6-L reactors over a 77-day period was reduced from 13.875 kg in a control biotrickling filter to 11.795 kg in a biotrickling filter enriched with protozoa. The average toluene vapor elimination capacity at 1 g/m3 toluene and 64 m3/(m3. h) was 31.1 g/(m3. h) in the control and 32.2 g/(m3. h) in the biotrickling filter enriched with protozoa. At higher toluene inlet concentrations, toluene degradation rates increased and were slightly higher in the biotrickling filter enriched with protozoa. The lower rate of biomass accumulation after the addition of protozoa was due to an increase of carbon mineralization (68% as compared to 61% in the control). Apparent biomass yield coefficients in the control and enriched trickling filter were 0.72 and 0.59 g dry biomass/g toluene, respectively. The results show that protozoan predation may be a useful tool to control biomass in biotrickling filters, however, further stimulation of predation of the biomass immobilized in the reactor is required to ensure long-term stability of biotrickling filters.     

废气处理生物滤器微生物生态学研究进展

废气生物处理是一项新兴的气体污染控制技术,已成为当前环境领域的研究热点.本文概述了生物滤器系统(包括生物过滤器系统和生物滴滤器系统)结构及其去除气体污染物的原理,重点阐述了生物滤器微生物的分离、鉴定及其降解特性,微生物丰度、活性与微生物群落结构多样性之间的相关性,运行条件对微生物群落的影响,微生物群落结构时空变化规律,生物膜形成机理和模型等方面的研究进展,并对今后废气处理生物滤器微生物生态学研究方向进行了展望.     

Biodegradation of the Water‐Soluble Gasoline Components in a Novel Hybrid Bioreactor

A novel hybrid bioreactor was designed to remove volatile organic compounds from water contaminated with water‐soluble gasoline components, and the performance of this new bioreactor was investigated. It was composed of two biotrickling filter sections and one biofilter section. The liquid phase pollutants were removed by a mixed culture in the biotrickling filter sections and the gas phase pollutants stripped by air injection in the biofilter section. The specific rates of chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal obtained in the reactor were directly proportional to the pollutant‐loading rate. A stable operation of the hybrid bioreactor was attained for long periods of time. The bioreactor had the potential to simultaneously treat a complex mixture of volatile organic compounds, e.g., those present in the water‐soluble fraction of gasoline, as well as the capacity to readily adapt to changing operational conditions, such as an increased contaminant loading, and variations in the airflow rate.     

Toluene degradation in the recycle liquid of biotrickling filters for air pollution control

Pollutant degradation in biotrickling filters for waste air treatment is generally thought to occur only in the biofilm. In two experiments with toluene degrading biotrickling filters, we show that suspended microorganisms in the recycle liquid may substantially contribute to the overall pollutant removal. Two days after reactor start up, the overall toluene elimination capacity reached a maximum of 125 g m⁻³ h⁻¹, which was twice that found during prolonged operation. High biodegradation activity in the recycle liquid fully accounted for this short-term peak of pollutant elimination. During steady-state operation, the toluene degradation in the recycle liquid was 21% of the overall elimination capacity, although the amount of suspended biomass was only 1% of the amount of immobilized biomass. The results suggest that biotrickling filter performance may be improved by selecting operating conditions allowing for the development of an actively growing suspended culture. Received: 16 June 1999 / Received revision: 17 November 1999 / Accepted: 15 December 1999     

Analysis of the rate-limiting step of an anaerobic biotrickling filter removing TCE vapors

A detailed analysis of a biotrickling filter treating trichloroethene (TCE) vapors anaerobically is presented and discussed. The biotrickling filter relies on mixed cultures containing bacteria from the genus Dehalococcoides that reductively dechlorinate TCE to ethene. After about 200 days of steady operation, as biomass in the packed bed increased, a partial loss in treatment performance was observed which prompted the present investigations. Analysis of TCE and of its degradation metabolites in the gas phase and in the trickling liquid combined with the calculation of global effectiveness factors revealed that significant mass transfer limitations existed. Depending on the conditions, either the gas film or the liquid film limited the removal of TCE. These findings were confirmed by the determination of gas and liquid films mass transfer coefficients. In all cases, removal of TCE was greater without trickling of liquid. The most plausible reason for the onset of mass transfer limitations was the decrease in the specific interfacial area brought by important biomass growth over time. Overall, this study illustrates how complex kinetic and transport limitations can vary with the operating conditions in biotrickling filters.     

A comparative study of eubacterial communities by PCR-DGGE fingerprints in anoxic and aerobic biotrickling filters used for biogas desulfurization

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering - Biological desulfurization has proven to be a process that is technically and economically feasible on using biotrickling filters that can be performed under...     

A sensitivity analysis of process design parameters,commodity prices and robustness on the economics of odour abatement technologies

The sensitivity of the economics of the five most commonly applied odour abatement technologies (biofiltration, biotrickling filtration, activated carbon adsorption, chemical scrubbing and a hybrid technology consisting of a biotrickling filter coupled with carbon adsorption) towards design parameters and commodity prices was evaluated. Besides, the influence of the geographical location on the Net Present Value calculated for a 20 years lifespan (NPV20) of each technology and its robustness towards typical process fluctuations and operational upsets were also assessed. This comparative analysis showed that biological techniques present lower operating costs (up to 6 times) and lower sensitivity than their physical/chemical counterparts, with the packing material being the key parameter affecting their operating costs (40–50% of the total operating costs). The use of recycled or partially treated water (e.g. secondary effluent in wastewater treatment plants) offers an opportunity to significantly reduce costs in biological techniques. Physical/chemical technologies present a high sensitivity towards H₂S concentration, which is an important drawback due to the fluctuating nature of malodorous emissions. The geographical analysis evidenced high NPV20 variations around the world for all the technologies evaluated, but despite the differences in wage and price levels, biofiltration and biotrickling filtration are always the most cost-efficient alternatives (NPV20). When, in an economical evaluation, the robustness is as relevant as the overall costs (NPV20), the hybrid technology would move up next to BTF as the most preferred technologies.     

Effects of pH, CO2, and flow pattern on the autotrophic degradation of hydrogen sulfide in a biotrickling filter

In this study, the effects of pH, CO(2), and flow pattern on the performance of a biotrickling filter (BTF) packed with plastic Pall rings and treating a H(2)S-polluted waste gas were investigated to establish the optimum operating conditions and design criteria. The CO(2) concentration had no effect on the biodegradation at H(2)S concentrations below 50 ppm. In the range of 50-127 ppm H(2)S, CO(2) concentrations between 865 and 1,087 ppm enhanced H(2)S removal, while higher concentrations of 1,309-4,009 ppm CO(2) slightly inhibited H(2)S removal. The co-current flow BTF presented the advantage of a more uniform H(2)S removal and biomass growth in each section than the counter-current flow BTF. Examination of the pH-effect in the range of pH 2.00-7.00 revealed optimal activity for autotrophs at pH 6.00. Under optimal conditions, the elimination capacity reached 31.12 g H(2)S/m(3)/h with a removal efficiency exceeding 97%. In the present research, autotrophic biomass was developed in the BTF, performing both a partial oxidization of H(2)S to elemental sulfur and a complete oxidization to sulfate, which is favorable from an environmental point of view. Results showed that around 60% of the sulfide concentration fed to the reactor was transformed into sulfate. Such autotrophic trickling filters may present other advantages, including the fact that they do not release any CO(2) to the atmosphere. Besides, the limited growth of autotrophs avoids potential clogging problems. Experimental performance data were compared with data from a mathematical model. Comparisons showed that the theoretical model was successful in predicting the performance of the biotrickling filter.