Biological Purification of Exhaust Air Containing Toluene Vapor in a Filter-bed Reactor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 921-929

  Bibeau, L ^a   Kiared, K ^a,c   Leroux, A ^a   Brzezinski, R ^a   Viel, G ^b   Heitz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Groupe Serrener Inc   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Elimination capacity; Micro organisms; Peat; Residence time distribution; Toluene

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MICROORGANISMS; PEAT; REACTION KINETICS; TOLUENE;

BIOFILTERS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

FILTRATION;

EID: 0031251109     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450750512     Document Type: Article

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