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Management and control of air emissions from electronic industries

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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including acetone, dichloromethane, ethanol, ethylene glycol, iso-propyl alcohol, and several other aromatic compounds are emitted during the manufacturing processes in electronic industries. These VOCs pose problems to human health and the environment. Stringent environmental legislations imposed by government agencies on VOCs force electronic industries to adopt effective air pollution-treatment methods. This article provides a detailed review of VOCs that are emitted from different processes in the electronic industry, conventional, and current technologies that are used to remove toxic air pollutants and an innovative application of biotechnology for removal of VOCs from electronic industry.

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Abbreviations

\( As \) :

Biolayer surface area per unit volume of biofilter

C in :

Concentration of VOC at the entrance of biofilter

C :

Concentration of VOC in the gas phase at height z along the column

k 0 :

Zero-order reaction rate constant

\( K \) :

Monod constant

Q :

Volumetric flow rate of the air stream

V B :

Volume of the biofilter

X v :

Biofilm density defined as dry weight of the cell per volume if the biofilm

Y :

Amount of biomass produced per amount of VOC consumed

δ :

Active biofilm thickness

μ m :

Maximum specific growth rate

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Babar, Z.B., Shareefdeen, Z. Management and control of air emissions from electronic industries. Clean Techn Environ Policy 16, 69–77 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-013-0594-6

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