Enhanced-removal-of-NH3-during-composting-by-a-biotrickling-filter-inoculated-with-nitrifying

Enhanced-removal-of-NH3-during-composting-by-a-biotrickling-filter-inoculated-with-nitrifyingBiochemicalEngineeringJournal51(2010)86–93ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectBiochemicalEngineeringJournaljournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/bejRegulararticleEnhancedremovalofNH3duringcompostingbyabiotricklingfilterinoculatedwithnitrifyingbacteriaNiantaoXuea,QunhuiWanga,∗,ChuanfuWua,LanheZhangb,WeiminXiecaDepartmentofEnvironmentalEngineering,SchoolofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,UniversityofScienceandTechnologyBeijing,30XueyuanRoad,100083Beijing,PRChinabStateKeyLaboratoryofUrbanWaterResourcesandEnvironment,HarbinInstituteofTechnology,150090Harbin,ChinacJapanTOHINCompanyGroupProfile,13Kawarai,Kuki,Saitama,346-0028Tokyo,JapanarticleinfoArticlehistory:Received25January2010Receivedinrevisedform18May2010Accepted23May2010Keywords:AmmoniaBiotricklingfilterCompostingInoculationNitrifyingbacteriaOdorabstractAbiotricklingfilter(BTF)wasusedtotreatNH3emittedfromtheexhaustgasesofcattlemanurecom-po