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From Biofiltration to Promising Options in Gaseous Fluxes Biotreatment
Recent Developments, New Trends, Advances, and Opportunities

Addresses different biological methods for the removal of gaseous contaminants from contaminated streams in a sustainable manner

Gabriela Soreanu (Edited by), Éric Dumont (Edited by)

9780128190647

Paperback, published 7 April 2020

524 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 3.3 cm, 1.2 kg

Approx.470 pages

Part 1. Biological Treatment of Gaseous Streams: Attached and Suspended Biomass Units Part 1.1. Benchmark aspects on biological removal of contaminants from gaseous streams 1. Current challenges and perspectives in gas fluxes biotreatment 2. Biofilters versus bioscrubbers and biotrickling filters: state of the art of biological air treatment 3. Determination of biofilters performances 4. Porous media models for packed-bed characterization 5. Life cycle assessment of biofiltration

Part 1.2. Alternatives for gas treatment 6. High-performance biofilters for air treatment applications 7. Biofiltration of VOCs and PAHs 8. Biogas treatment for H2S, CO2 and other contaminants removal 9. Industrial biofilter case studies

Part 2. Biological Treatment of Gaseous Streams: Phytoremediation and Microalgae Approaches Part 2.1. Phytosystems for air quality enhancement 10. Particularities of indoor air biotreatment 11. Plant physiological mechanisms of air treatment 12. Plant-microbe interaction within phytosystems used for air treatment 13. Technological aspects of the removal of air pollutants by phytosystems 14. Phytosystems implementation: examples of application in practice

Part 2.2. Microalgae-based approaches 15. Microalgae with potential in air treatment 16. Microalgae photobioreactors for gaseous contaminants removal 17. Microalgae-based biomass production for control of air pollutants 18. CO2 capture from CO2 - rich gases by microalgae 19. A model microalgae for addressing air treatment in spacecrafts 20. Microalgae for combined air revitalization and biomass production for space applications

Subject Areas: Biotechnology [TCB], Biochemical engineering [TC], The environment [RN]

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