Ma. Deshusses et al., BEHAVIOR OF BIOFILTERS FOR WASTE AIR BIOTREATMENT .1. DYNAMIC-MODEL DEVELOPMENT, Environmental science & technology, 29(4), 1995, pp. 1048-1058
An novel diffusion reaction model for the determination of both the st
eady-state and transient-state behavior of biofilters for waste air bi
otreatment is developed and discussed. The model considers the reactor
to comprise finite sections, for each of which transient mass balance
s are established and solved by digital simulation. The elimination of
methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) vapors fr
om air as single and mixed pollutants serves as an example to illustra
te and discuss both the model's response and its parametric sensitivit
y. Experimental evaluation of the model is presented in part 2 of this
paper.