Aerobic fluidized bed reactor with internal media cleaning

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 284-291

  Safferman, Steven I ^a   Bishop, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLEANING; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LIPIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURBULENCE;

AEROBIC FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; BIOMASS CONTROL; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; INTERNAL MEDIA CLEANING; PHOSPHOLIPID ANALYSES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FLUIDIZED BED; REACTOR;

EID: 0030112766     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1996)122:4(284)     Document Type: Article

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