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Development of VOCs Treatment Technology using High Efficiency Hybrid System with Multi-Scrone  

Lim, Seong-Il (SEEONE Co., Ltd)
Kim, Nor-Jung (SEEONE Co., Ltd)
Kim, Sun-Mi (SEEONE Co., Ltd)
Lee, Seong-Hun (SEEONE Co., Ltd)
Kim, Sun-Uk (SEEONE Co., Ltd)
Chang, Won-Seok (The Graduate school of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Technolgy)
Park, Dae-Won (The Graduate school of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Technolgy)
Kim, Lae-Hyun (The Graduate school of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Technolgy)
Kim, Jae-Hyung (The Graduate school of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Technolgy)
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Abstract
We studied to develop high-efficiency removal system of odor and VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds) from environmental infrastructure facilities and oil refineries, painting facilities and so on. It can replace RTO and RCO. We tried an removal experiment for VOCs (toluene, xylene, benzene, MEK(methyl ethyl ketone), ethanol, formalin etc. and odor compounds (hydrogen sulfide, etc.). In process, as pre-treatment we used the scrubber with vortex flow (Multi-scrone) to remove the hydrophilic VOCs and as post-treatment, used fibrous bio-filter to remove the hydrophobic VOCs. This hybrid system remove with high efficiency both the hydrophilic VOCs and hydrophobic VOCs. And we tried to make this system to be compact. In experiment using Multi-scrone, contact time is 2~3 seconds and absorption scrubbing water is diaphragm-type electrolysis water. hydrophilic VOCs like ethanol and relatively hydrophilic odor compounds like hydrogen sulfide is excellent, these substances has been removed almost completely, respectively 95~99%, 93~97%. And for MEK, formalin also Showed a high removal efficiency, respectively 78~90%, 72~85%. But in experiment using Multi-scrone, the hydrophobic VOCs like BTX showed a low removal efficiency, respectively 16~22%, 12~18%, 8~16%. In hydrophobic VOCs, toluene removal experiment using fibrous bio-filter, early efficiency was low but after 10days, adaptation period showed high efficiency 85~95%. but in the mixed phase, toluene and MEK efficiency reduced 5~10%. this show microorganism treat first MEK easy to remove. The removal efficiency for MEK using the fibrous biofilter was stable, 80~92%. This hybrid system is also high economical efficiency for RTO. This system reduce more than 50% the cost of equipment and maintenance. As a result, we expect this technology is in the limelight as high efficiency treatment of VOCs in mid-low price.
Keywords
VOCs(The volatile organic compounds); Multi-Scrone(The vortex absorption tower); Fibrous bio-filter; Odor; Electrolysis;
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