“…At present, the most common options for the mitigation of gaseous ketones include catalytic oxidation, , biofiltration, , and adsorption. , Catalytic oxidation technologies often require high temperatures (>200 °C) to achieve appreciable removal efficiencies for gaseous ketones due to their energy intensive nature. ,, Also, most catalysts typically employ noble metals, making them uneconomical for practical purposes. , Interestingly, biofiltration is the most commonly studied technology in the literature for the treatment of gaseous MEK and MiBK. ,, Biofiltration is considered to be highly attractive from an environmental perspective, as such methods that typically produce innocuous end products such as carbon dioxide and water. ,, However, biofiltration is a highly dynamic and complex process requiring proper maintenance of several interconnected variables (e.g., temperature, pH, and nutrient source) for the microbial population. − Also, biofilters are usually not suitable for long-term operations due to the development of severely high back pressure (due to gradual compaction of the support material and aging effects of the microbial population) and large space requirements. ,, Given these drawbacks, the effective utilization of biofiltration for the removal of gaseous ketones seems to be less probable from a practical viewpoint.…”