The use of oak chips and coconut fiber as biofilter media to remove vocs in rendering process

• Authors: Leszek Tymczyna , Anna Chmielowiec-Korzeniowska , Zbigniew Paluszak , Magadalena Dobrowolska , Marcin Banach , Jolanta Pulit
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study evaluated the effectiveness of air biofiltration in rendering plants. The biofilter material comprised compost soil (40%) and peat (40%) mixed up with coconut fiber (medium A) and oak bark (medium B). During biofiltration average VOCs reduction reached 88.4% for medium A and 89.7% for medium B. A positive relationship of aldehyde reduction from material humidity (r = 0.502; α<0.05) was also noted. Other biomaterial parameters did not affect the treatment efficiency.

Keywords

EN

rendering plants; biofiltration; oak bark; coconut fiber

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 747-751

Dates

published

2013

received

2013-10-11

revised

2013-11-29

accepted

2013-11-29

Contributors

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Leszek Tymczyna

• University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland

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Anna Chmielowiec-Korzeniowska

• University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland

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Zbigniew Paluszak

• University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland

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Magadalena Dobrowolska

• University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland

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Marcin Banach

• Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, Poland

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Jolanta Pulit

• Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, Poland

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