Monday, 16 May 2011

How to build a biofilter like the one that treats odors generated during the Valoris™ sludge processing?


Step 1: Build the structure of the biofilter
Take a container of 12.5 m2 and fix tubes in the ceiling to serve as a water spraying system.
The water spraying system will homogeneously disperse the water on the compost bed.
Step 2: In the container, build the filter:  a wood structure with a fence over it
 The white tube is used to spread stale air under the wood structure


Step 3:  Prepare the media
Take wood chips and organic compost and spread them in 3 layers over the fence of the wood structure
For the existing biofilter in Edmonton, we used material from Clover bar site:
At the inferior stage: 3m3 of grounded pallets:
Grounded pallets













In the middle: 3m3 of softwood milled : 
Softwood milled













On the top: 1m3 of organic compost :
Organic compost