Wednesday, October 22th

Pre-conference off-site tour

13:00

Orange County Sanitation District’s Facility and Los Angeles County Sanitation District’s Facility

Thursday, October 23th

8:00-9:00

Continental Breakfast and Registration in Hotel Lobby

9:00-9:15

WELCOME (Joseph Devinny, Sergio Revah)

Technical Session 1

9:15-9:40

Removing Siloxanes from Landfill and Digester Gases Biologically. S. C. Popat, M. A. Deshusses

9:40-10:05

Bacterial Community Structure in a Biotrickling Filter Treating High Loads of H₂S by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) and 16S Clone Library. J.P. Maestre, R. Rovira, X. Gamisans, K.A. Kinney, M. J. Kirisits, J. Lafuente, D. Gabriel

10:05-10:30

Testing Different Biotrickling Filter Media  for Volatile Organic Compounds Removal. A. Lee, R. Morton, Ch-Ch. Tang, Ph. Friess

10:30-10:45

Coffee Break

Technical Session 2

SESSION 2a: BIOREACTOR OPERATION

SESSION 2b: BIOTRICKLING BED REACTOR OPERATION

10:45-11:10

Packings for Biotrickling Filters: Do Surface Properties Matter?. S.C. Popat, O.J. Prado, J. Lafuente, D. Gabriel, M.A. Deshusses

Performance of a Biotrickling Pilot Unit for the Volatile Organic Compounds Removal in a Spanish Furniture Facility. C. Gabaldón, V. Martínez-Soria, P. Marzal, J. Palau, J.M. Penya-Roja, F. Sempere, C. Soriano

11:10-11:35

Influence of the Packing Material and of the Inoculum on the Performance of NH₃ and VOC- Treating Biofilters. J. Hernández, O.J. Prado, M. Almarcha, J. Lafuente, D. Gabriel

A Comparative Study for Destruction of Benzene in Trickle Bed Air Biofilters. A. Aly Hassan , and G. A. Sorial

11:35- 12:00

Biological Treatment of Hydrogen Sulfide Utilizing Alternative Packing Materials in Biofilters. J.L.R. Pantoja Filho; E.L. Silva

Bioscrubbing is Dramatically Improved when Integrated with Other Technologies. R. Richardson

12:00-1:30

Luncheon Presentation Marc Deshusses

Technical Session 3

SESSION 3a: BIOFILTER OPERATION

SESSION 3b: BIOTRICKLING BED REACTOR OPERATION (II)

14:00-14:25

Influence of the Empty Bed Retention Time on Methane Biofiltration. J. Nikiema and M. Heitz

Trichloroethylene Removal in an Anaerobic Biotrickling Filter. S.C. Popat and M.A. Deshusses

14:25-14:50

The Impact of Environmental Parameters on Toluene Degradation Using a Differential Biofiltration Reactor. A.L. Beuger and P.A. Gostomski

Phenol and Chlorinated Phenols Biodegradation in a Trickling-Filter Reactor: Enhanced Elimination by Combining with Ozonation. P. Guerra-Blanco, C. Guerrero-Barajas, I. García-Peña, T. Poznyak

14:50-15:15

Evaluation of the Potential for Biofiltration at Ethanol Production Facilities. L.-J. Chen, K.A. Kinney, L.E. Katz, A.F. Seibert

Pilot-Scale Treatment of a Contaminated Gaseous Emission from an Automotive Industry in a Biotrickling Filter. J.R.M. Ferreira,  I. Braga da Cruz, P.M.L Castro 

15:15-15:40

Application of Image Processing Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Biofilm Growth in a VOC-Treating Biofilter. E.E. Neri, O.J. Prado,  J.P. Maestre, X. Gamisans,  J. Lafuente, D. Gabriel, J. Mendoza,  J. Chanona

Dimethyl Sulfide Degradation Using Immobilized Thiobacillus thioparus in a Biotrickling Filter. L. Arellano,  S. Revah, M. Ramirez, J.M. Gómez, D. Cantero

15:40-16:05

Predictive Applications of Biofiltration on VOCs Industrial Emissions. M. Civilini, S. Lolini, S. Giacomello

Biofiltration of Volatile Reduced Sulfur Compounds in Biotrickling Filters: Prediction through Mathematical Modeling and Simulation. G. Aroca, J. Silva, M. Morales, M. Cáceres, R. San Martín

17:00-19:00

Reception

Friday, October 24th

8:00-9:00

Continental Breakfast and Registration in Hotel Lobby

Technical Session 4

9:00-9:25

Removal of VOC in One- and Two- Liquid-Phase Trickling Biofilters. L. Bailon, E. Rene, M.C. Veiga, C. Kennes

9:25-9:50

Effect of Silicone Oil Addition on Methane Biodegradation in Two Reactor Configurations. J. Rocha-Ríos, S. Bordel, M. Morales, S. Hernández, S. Revah

9:50-10:15

Operational Aspects on the Biological Sweetening of Energy Gases Mimics in a Lab-Scale Biotrickling Filter. M. Fortuny, A. Gonzalez-Sánchez, M.A. Deshusses, X. Gamisans, C. Casas, D. Gabriel, J. Lafuente

10:15-10:40

Coffee Break

Technical Session 5

10:40-11:05

Performance of an Industrial Biotrickling Filter for Odor Treatment at an Empty Bed Residence Time of 0.9 s After Being Converted from a Chemical Scrubber. O. J. Prado, R. Redondo, J. Lafuente, D. Gabriel

11:05-11:30

Investigating the Microbial Community Structure of Biofilters Treating Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS). A. C. Hayes, S.N. Liss,  D. G. Allen

11:30-11:55

Biofiltration of Composting Gas: Impact of Transient Shock Loads on Performance and Microbial Community Structure. L. Cabrol, L. Malhautier, F. Poly, J.-L. Fanlo

12:00-13:45

Luncheon Presentation: Towards a Better Understanding of the Microflora in Biofilters: Why not a Microbial Ecology Approach?. Luc Malhautier and Jean-Louis Fanlo

Technical Session 6

14:00-14:25

Enhanced Toluene Removal using Immobilized Yeast Strain Candida tropicalis in a Fluidized Bioreactor. SK. Shin, S.-J. Hwang, JH. Song

14:25-14:50

Biodegradation of Dichloromethane in a Modified Rotating Biological Contactor. R. Ravi, L. Philip, T. Swaminathan

14:50-15:15

Membrane Bioreactor for the Removal of Toluene Vapors: Reactor Start-Up, Steady-State Performance and Analysis of Rate Limiting Steps.  A. Kumar, J. Dewulf, A. Vercruyssen, H. Van Langenhove