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Table 4 Experimental schedule and operating conditions

From: Enhancement of using combined packing materials on the removal of mixed sulfur compounds in a biotrickling filter and analysis of microbial communities

Phase

Time

Average inlet concentration (mg/m3)

Temperature (°C)

pH

day

H2S

EM

DMS

DMDS

1

1–31

101.0 ± 10.8

58.2 ± 17.2

59.3 ± 17.2

57.4 ± 15.5

19.1 ± 4.1

7.0

2

32–81

188.4 ± 56.1

102.5 ± 14.5

106.1 ± 13.9

100.9 ± 16.7

28.0 ± 0

7.0

3

82–96

109.7 ± 21.4

56.3 ± 9.6

62.0 ± 15.5

51.0 ± 5.4

8.0 ± 4.9

7.0

4

97–108

98.7 ± 1.4

44.0 ± 5.0

43.5 ± 4.1

48.8 ± 3.1

28.0 ± 0

7.0

5

109–138*

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

139–272

174.2 ± 93.1

96.3 ± 74.5

99.1 ± 78.5

105.5 ± 83.6

26.9 ± 1.3

7.0

7

273–290

118.1 ± 16.5

59.1 ± 13.2

60.7 ± 11.4

59.8 ± 10.9

26.9 ± 1.3

5.5 ± 0.8

  1. *Both BTFs were shut down during this phase