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ALTERNATIVE TO REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDIZERS

Bioscrubber Using MultiPhase Technology

Bioscrubber Provides Biological Treatment of Air Pollutants Bioscrubber treatment for
air pollutants has been practiced
extensively for 15 years. In most
cases, the emphasis has been on
odor treatment rather than treatment
of volatile organics (VOCs).

Commercial-scale bioscrubber systems can be categorized into two main types: (1) Natural Media bioscrubber systems, which use compost, wood
chips, soil, pine needles, etc. to biodegrade the contaminants; and (2) Synthetic Media bioscrubber
systems that uses biomedia made from plastic, inorganic materials, etc. Detailed analysis of
the various biomedia used in bioscrubber
systems has been recently presented
(Govind and Narayan, 2007).

Natural medias suffer from several disadvantages including clogging due to biomass growth,
and large footprint  - a challenge resulting in systems that are designed in-ground. Other
disadvantages include significant gas-phase pressure drop, the inability to handle solid
particulates in the gas phase and eventual consumption of the media, requiring replacement.

Over the last decade, bioscrubber systems with engineered synthetic media emerged with a smaller
footprint, higher biodegradation rates, lower gas-phase pressure drop and the ability to wash-off the
excessive biomass growth (Govind, 2004). The synthetic biomedia had significantly higher
surface areas, did not require eventual media replacement, and were used in treatment
systems designed like chemical scrubbers.

In the literature, different terms are used to denote the method of contacting the contaminated
gas stream with water to maintain bioactivity. In a common biofiltration device,  incoming contaminated
gas is pre-humidified, and the organisms reside on a solid surface of biomedia, where
degradation of the compounds occurs.

In a Biotrickling Filter, water is recirculated through the biomedia bed, humidifying the
gas stream and providing water to the organisms attached to the biomedia surface. In a third
approach, the term “Bioscrubber” has been applied when water containing organisms, (from
an activated sludge water treatment system, for example) is recirculated through the biomedia,
thereby providing active organisms for degradation of the contaminants in the gas phase.

Biological Treatment of Air Pollutants
Using MultiPhase Bioscrubber Technology

The MultiPhase™  bioscrubber technology system overcomes all the disadvantages of
conventional bioscrubber devices
designed for the biological treatment of air pollutants by treating
incoming contaminants in the phase (liquid or gas) in which the contaminant would normally reside,
depending on its inherent properties.

For example, a highly volatile compound with low water solubility will concentrate in the bioscrubber
gas phase, and will be treated mainly in the gas phase.  Highly water-soluble compounds with low
volatility will concentrate in the bioscrubber water phase and will be treated in the water phase.
Most compounds with intermediate volatility and water solubility will be treated in both the gas and
water phases, depending on their natural partitioning.

Conventional biofiltration systems and Biotrickling Filters attempt to treat all the contaminants in the gas
phase, whereas a conventional Bioscrubber delegates the treatment of the water-soluble fractions of the
contaminants to an external treatment system, often with design flaws that can either partially re-entrain
the contaminants into the ambient environment (due to air-sparging) or allow the contaminants to
accumulate and escape through the water.

Further, none of these systems – biofilter, biotrickler, or bioscrubber -- are designed to:

  • handle particulate in the gas phase
  • treat condensable with high molecular weight
  • handle the dissipation of heat if the incoming gas stream is above
    the normal operating temperature of aerobic organisms (50°F to 105°F.)

The Tri-Mer Bioscrubber system can handle much higher inlet temperatures,
from dryers for example. Often, exhausts from press vents and dryers are
treated together, producing significant cost advantages.

High natural gas costs have made RTO equipment undesirable for many companies. 
The low pressure drop MultiPhase Bioscrubber is a natural choice for the biological treatment of
air pollutants: operating costs are sustainably low – and there is no natural gas expense burden.

Read Biofiltration
as an Alternative to
Catalytic Oxidation

Read
Meeting New Regs
with New MultiPhase BioSystem Technology
from the Nov 2009
issue of Panel World

MultiPhase BioSystem Video
   
 
 

Summary of Advantages: MultiPhase Bioscrubber
for the Biological Treatment of Air Pollutants

  • Bioscrubber integrates gas & liquid phase treatment into one technology
  • Handles high inlet temperatures (from dryers, for example)
  • Accommodates high particulate loads
  • Compatible with high inlet concentrations of VOC
  • High efficiency removal
  • Permanent ceramic media
  • Automatically self-cleaning
  • Tri-Mer bioscrubber handles tars, waxes, heavy VOC compounds.
  • Waste generation is minimal, creates no NOx compounds
  • Smaller footprint, easier placement and installation, shorter duct runs
  • Tri-Mer bioscrubber has very low system pressure drop and operating costs.
     
   

Interested in the bioscrubber treatment of
air pollutants for VOC control?

Tell us about it . . . we can help you with some guidelines.

Download MultiPhase Bioscrubber brochure

For more information contact:
Kevin Moss (801) 294-5422
kevin.moss@tri-mer.com

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