Treatment of trichloroethylene (TCE) in a membrane biofilter

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Parvatiyar, Madan G ^a   Govind, Rakesh ^a   Bishop, Dolloff F ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

anoxic; biodegradation; biofilter; membrane; TCE

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANE BIOFILTER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOMASS; CHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030570081     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960405)50:1<57::AID-BIT7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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