THF Removal from Polluted Air in Aerobic Biotrickling Filter Inoculated with Microbactrium oxydans DDH-1

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The performance of biotrickling filter (BTF) inoculated Microbactrium oxydans DDH-1 removing tetrahydrofuran (THF) was investigated. The biotrickling filter exhibited good performance with short start-up of 3 days and easily recovery from the fluctuations. During stable THF loading at concentrations of 520 mg·m-3 or lower and EBRT of 31, 24 and 18 s, the reactor exhibited high removal efficiencies up to 99%. The mass ratio of carbon dioxide produced to the THF removed was 2.01, which confirmed complete degradation of THF.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1010-1012)

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