Air biofilters for a mixture of organic gaseous pollutants: an approach for industrial applications

M Ferdowsi, B Khabiri, G Buelna… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Hazardous airborne pollutants are frequently emitted to the atmosphere in the form of a
gaseous mixture. Air biofilters as the primary biotechnological choice for waste gas …

A new recycling technique for the waste tires reuse

Z Derakhshan, MT Ghaneian, AH Mahvi, GO Conti… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this series of laboratory experiments, the feasibility of using fixed bed biofilm carriers
(FBBC) manufactured from existing reclaimed waste tires (RWTs) for wastewater treatment …

Biodegradation of ethyl benzene and xylene contaminated air in an up flow mixed culture biofilter

R Natarajan, J Al-Sinani, S Viswanathan… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biofiltration of ethylbenzene-xylene mixture was performed in a continuous biofilter
employing mixed microbial culture in the total inlet loading rate range of 25.0–408.0 gm− 3 …

Toluene removal by pine cone/compost biofilter: determination of kinetic/operational parameters and substrate inhibitory effect

S Kianpour, H Hossaini, M Pirsaheb… - Air Quality, Atmosphere & …, 2024 - Springer
Toluene is one of 189 hazardous air pollutants proposed by the USEPA in the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990. This aromatic hydrocarbon is capable to create many environmental …

Evaluation of volcanic pumice stone as media in fixed bed sequence batch reactor for atrazine removal from aquatic environments

Z Derakhshan, MH Ehrampoush, AH Mahvi… - Water Science and …, 2016 - iwaponline.com
Atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1, 3, 5-triazine) is a component of S-
triazine. Its characteristics make it a pollutant of ecosystems and a probable human …

Enzymes for bioremediation and biocontrol

IC Nair, K Jayachandran - … and Bioprocess in Biotechnology: Volume 2 …, 2017 - Springer
Forging of past, present and future technologies is the most required strategy in exploiting
the functional diversity and specificity of enzymes. Production process and field application …

[PDF][PDF] Performance evaluation of hybrid reactor for bio filtration of n-hexane–styrene mixture

N Rajamohan - Desalin. Water Treat, 2017 - deswater.com
Bio filtration of n-hexane and styrene mixture is always a difficult and challenging process
due to the hydrophobicity and recalcitrant nature of the components. In this research study, a …

Investigation on the Operational, Kinetic Parameters and Substrate Inhibitory Effect of Toluene Removal from Polluted Air by Biofilter Packed with Pine Cone/Compost

S Kianpour, H Hossaini, M Pirsaheb… - Kinetic Parameters and … - papers.ssrn.com
Biodegradation kinetic parameters and substrate inhibitory effect of toluene in pine-
cone/compost biofilter were investigated in this study. The experiments were carried out at …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling and Performance of Waste Tires as Media in Fixed Bed Sequence Batch Reactor

Z Derakhshan, M Faramarzian… - Journal of …, 2016 - jehsd.ssu.ac.ir
Materials and Methods: The current experimental study was conducted in pilot scale, in
which ability of Fixed Bed Sequence Batch Reactor (FBSBR) and Sequencing Batch …

[PDF][PDF] Biodegradation of Benzene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene Mixture in a Date Palm Tree Bark-based Upflow Biofilter

R Natarajan, J Al-Sinani - BioResources, 2015 - bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu
The performance of a date palm tree bark-based biofilter inoculated with mixed microbial
consortia was investigated for the removal of a benzeneethylbenzene-xylene mixture at a …