Sansevieria trifasciata and Chlorophytum comosum botanical biofilter for cigarette smoke phytoremediation in a pilot-scale experiment—evaluation of multi-pollutant removal efficiency and CO2 emission
Journal article
Authors/Editors
Strategic Research Themes
Publication Details
Author list: Siswanto, Diana; Permana, Bayu Hadia, Treesubsuntorn, Chairat; Thiravetyan, Paitip
Publication year: 2020
Volume number: 13
Issue number: 1
Start page: 109
End page: 117
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 18739318
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
View in Web of Science | View on publisher site | View citing articles in Web of Science
Abstract
Botanical biofilters have been proposed as an effective technology for indoor air remediation. Plants, including Sansevieria trifasciata and Chlorophytum comosum, which remove VOCs effectively, can also reduce CO2 emission since S. trifasciata and C. comosum are CAM and C3 plant species, respectively. Therefore, a botanical biofilter using these plants together shows potential for use in contaminated sites. Herein, the potential of this mixed plant botanical biofilter was evaluated as a method of phytoremediation for multi-pollutants from cigarette smoke. The results showed that the combination of S. trifasciata and C. comosum in a botanical biofilter was highly effective in removing VOCs and PM2.5. In addition, this botanical biofilter can also successfully remove formaldehyde, acetone, benzene, and xylene, with low CO2 emission under indoor conditions of moderate light intensity (50 μmole PAR m−2 s−1). The system was also installed in a large volume room (24 m3) to test phytoremediation of multi-pollutants from cigarette smoke. The results showed that this mixed plant botanical biofilter can remediate indoor air pollution effectively under both light and dark conditions continuously for three cycles. The mixed plant botanical biofilter developed showed potential for use in real contamination sites. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
Keywords
Cigarette smoke
Contact Information