Modeling of acetone biofiltration process

Environmental Progress

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-192

  Hwang, Shyh Jye ^a   Tang, Hsiu Mu ^a   Wang, Wen Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOFILTRATION;

FILTRATION;

EID: 0031234973     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.3300160315     Document Type: Article

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