Biofiltration of Air Polluted with Toluene under Steady-State Conditions: Experimental Observations

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4719-4725

  Kiared, Karim ^a,c   Fundenberger, Bruno ^a   Brzezinski, Ryszard ^a   Viel, Guy ^b   Heitz, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Valoraction Inc   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; FILTER DESIGN; STEADY STATE; TOLUENE;

AGENTS; AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; PRESSURE DROP; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BIOFILTRATION;

FILTRATION;

AIR POLLUTION; COLUMN SEPARATION; FILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 0031278096     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9701478     Document Type: Article

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