Biofiltration of Nitrous Oxide Using Cow-Manure Based Compost as Medium Filter英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Environmental Protection, 2012, 3, 584-588 /10.4236/jep.2012.37070 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) Biofiltration of Nitrous Oxide Using Cow-Manure Based Compost as Medium Filter Tania Surya Utami, Heri Hermansyah, Mohamad Nasikin Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia. Email: nana@che.ui.ac.id Received February 7 , 2012; revised March 6 , 2012; accepted April 9 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT Nitrous oxide (N2O) gas is a fourth contributor in the greenhouse effect after CO2, CH4, and water vapor. Although its concentration is relatively low, but very difficult to be decomposed in the atmosphere. A laboratory-scale biofilter was used to evaluate the effects of flow rate, medium depth, and water content of filter medium on the N2O removal effi- ciency and the growth of microorganisms in the compost. The biofilter was operated using cow-manure based compost medium with husk and coco peat as bulking agent. Research was carried out by batch flow system for 9 hours. The re- sult indicates that the highest N2O removal efficiency is obtained under flow rate of 88 cm /min with a depth of 50 cm 3 and water content 50% (w/w) by 61%, and elimination capacity for 14,078 g/(m ·h) was achieved. 3 Keywords: Biofilter; Compost; Cow-Manure; Nitrous Oxide; Removal Efficiency 1. Introduction haust gas control technology that is economical to treat waste gas streams containing low concentrations of vola- tile organic and inorganic compounds [2]. Biofiltration involving immobilized microorganisms in the form of biofilms in porous media filter. Exhaust gas is transferred from the air flow into the biofilms that grow on the filter medium and will be degraded by microorganisms. The biofilter appears promising because it works by draini