Confirmation of monod model for biofiltration of styrene vapors from waste flue gas.

Background: The objective of this research was to investigate the kinetic behavior of the biofil¬tration process for the removal of styrene.

Methods: A three stage compost based biofilter was inoculated with thickened activated sludge. The reaction order rate constants were obtained from continuous experiments and used as the specific growth rate for the Monod equation.