Odour Control
Introduction
Biofiltration uses micro-organisms to remove undesirable components from industrial waste gases. Waste gases are forced though filter material on which micro-organisms are immobilized. After absorption in the filter material, micro-organisms break down the polluting components and transform them into harmless products such as carbon dioxide, mineral salts or acids and water.
Industry classification
Pollution control
Primary/Secondary
Secondary
Product type
Industrial
Manufacturing
Waste water processing
Process used : Secondary
Primary/Secondary
Major machinery used
RRL provides complete technology package for odour control-odour intensity measurement, identification of odour compounds, pilot study, desing of ventilating system using CFD modeling for air flows, process design, engineering and commissioning of biofiltration unit.
Status
| Year first Licensed | 2000 |
| No. of LIcensees | one |
| Whether in production | Under implementation |
Economic Information
| Minimum Economic size | Odour threshold (mg / m3) |
| Amonia | 2.6X102 |
| Butyric Acid | 1X104 |
| Chlorine | 2.0X102 |
| Petrol (Heavy) | 150 |
| Hydrogen sulphide | 1.5X103 |
| Ethyl Mercaptan | 4X105 |
| Vanilllin | 2X107 |
| One gram of vanillin distributed uniformly in air up to a height of 100m can be smelt 5 Km away! | |
| Industrial emission of odour | |
| Meat and fish processing | Cyctine.>H2S, Methyl mercaptan |
| Cooking smells | Dimethyl disulphite furan, pyridine |
| Fruit warehousing | Ethylene |
| Swage tratment | H2S |
| Refineries | H2S, methyl mercaptan, acrolein, Methionine BTEX |
For further information please contact
Director
Regional Research Laboratory (RRL)
Industrial Estate P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram- 695 019
Kerala, India
