Abstract
The effect of relative humidity (RH: 30% to >95%) of a gas-phase mixture composed of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and para-, meta- and ortho-xylenes (BTEX), inlet concentrations (0.2–12.6gm−3), and empty bed residence times (EBRTs) (48–144s) was tested in a fungi-dominant biofilter. A maximum elimination capacity (ECmax) of 244.2gBTEXm−3h−1 was achieved at a total inlet loading rate (ILRT) of 371.2gBTEXm−3h−1 (RH: 65%). The transient-state response was tested by increasing the ILRT, in two steps, from ∼50 to 850gm−3h−1 and from ∼50 to 320gm−3h−1, at a constant EBRT of 41.7s. Increasing the ILRT reduced the total BTEX removal efficiency (RET) from >97% to 35%, and from >90% to 60% during medium and high shock-load, respectively. When subjected to short (4d) and long-term (7d) shut-down periods, the biofilter was able to recover high ECmax of, respectively, 200 and 72gBTEXm−3h−1 after resuming operation.
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