Proceedings of the IEEK Conference (대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집)

The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (대한전자공학회)
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Application of tire powder and food waste compost as biofilter materials to degrade volatile organic compounds

  • Oh, Dong-Ik (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Ku (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kyoungphile Nam (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Young (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2001.10.01
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Abstract

The present study has been conflicted to verify the applicability of tire powder and food waste compost as biofilter materials to degrade volatile organic compounds. Batch and column tests were performed to determine the optimum ratio of tire powder to compost and the appropriate mixing type of two materials for removal of the selected VOCs, i.e., benzene, ethylbenzene, PCE, and TCE. According to batch tests, tire powder and compost mixture had faster removal rate than the compost. The biofilter column filled with tire powder and compost showed better VOC removal efficiency than that filled with only tire powder. In this study, the best removal rate was observed in the sandwich type column test of which the tire : compost weight ratio was 1:2

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