Exel to remove styrene emissions using clean tech solution

Exel Composites in cooperation with the University of Valencia in Spain and Pure Air Solutions from the Netherlands, obtained a possibility to explore biotrickling filtration, said the company in a press release. Biotrickling filtration is a biological system that uses clean and natural processes to remove volatile organic compounds and is a combination of a biofilter and a bioscrubber.

“We needn’t think twice about participating in this EU-funded project seeking to use biotrickling filtration as a sustainable and cost-efficient alternative for styrene emission control,” said Callum Gough, SVP operations of Exel Composites.

“The styrene fumes are absorbed in water and decomposed by bacteria. The pilot unit erected at Oudenaarde factory proved to be very efficient. We will certainly do the necessary investments to take this process into use,” said Eric Moussiaux, general manager of Exel Composites’ Belgium unit.

Carmen Gabaldon from the chemical engineering department of the University of Valencia headed the 4 year long project, called Next Air Biotreat. “We are extremely pleased with the results of the project. In comparison with conventional technologies, biological VOC treatment is economically beneficial, it contributes to a lower ecological footprint and implies a reduction of carbon dioxide,” Gabaldon concluded. (NA)

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