Volatile organic compound removal via biofiltration: influences, challenges, and strategies

X Wu, Y Lin, Y Wang, S Wu, C Yang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Biofiltration is an established technology for the removal of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) from waste gas streams due to its cost-effectiveness, process safety, and …

Enhanced removal of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in biofilters and biotrickling filters: A review on the use of surfactants and the addition of hydrophilic …

PAL Pineda, K Demeestere, M Toledo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of biological reactors to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from waste gas
streams has proven to be a cost-effective and sustainable technique. However, hydrophobic …

Improved degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons by co-culture of fungi and biosurfactant-producing bacteria

EO Atakpa, H Zhou, L Jiang, Y Ma, Y Liang, Y Li… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial remediation has proven to be an effective technique for the cleanup of crude-oil
contaminated sites. However, limited information exists on the dynamics involved in defined …

Mechanisms of N, N-dimethylacetamide-facilitated n-hexane removal in a rotating drum biofilter packed with bamboo charcoal-polyurethane composite

Z Wang, L Hu, J He, G Zhou, Z Chen, Z Wang… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract n-Hexane and N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) are two major volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) discharged from the pharmaceutical industry. To enhance DMAC …

Application of activated sludge for odor control in wastewater treatment plants: approaches, advances and outlooks

F Fan, R Xu, D Wang, F Meng - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Odors from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have attracted extensive attention and
stringent environmental standards are more widely adopted to reduce odor emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic comparison of a biotrickling filter and a conventional filter for the removal of a mixture of hydrophobic VOCs by Candida subhashii

M Marycz, Y Rodríguez, J Gębicki, R Muñoz - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This work systematically compared the potential of a conventional fungal biofilter (BF) and a
fungal biotrickling filter (BTF) for the abatement of a mixture of hydrophobic volatile organic …

Structurally controllable hollow carbon spheres for gaseous benzene adsorption

G Chen, X Yang, Y Ma, C Ruan, Q Chen, X Jin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hollow carbon spheres (HCSs) with controllable morphology, stable physicochemical
properties, high surface area, and large pore volume achieved without any acidic or alkaline …

Biofiltration of volatile organic compounds using fungi and its conceptual and mathematical modeling

A Vergara-Fernández, S Revah, P Moreno-Casas… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous contaminants that can be found both in
outdoor and indoor air, posing risks to human health and the ecosystems. The treatment of …

Biofiltration of benzo [α] pyrene, toluene and formaldehyde in air by a consortium of Rhodococcus erythropolis and Fusarium solani: effect of inlet loads, gas flow and …

A Vergara-Fernández, D Yánez, P Morales… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are air
contaminants with serious effects on human health. They include compounds with very …

Bioreactors and engineering of filamentous fungi cultivation

DG Gomes, E Coelho, R Silva, L Domingues… - … in Biotechnology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi have been growingly used to produce many compounds we use on a
daily basis, such as antibiotics and enzymes, or even to treat industrial effluents. While some …