Evaluating the conversion of an automotive paint spray-booth scrubber to an activated-sludge system for removing paint volatile organic compounds from air

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1211-1221

  Kim, Byung R ^a   Podsiadlik, Diane H ^a   Yeh, Daniel H ^a,b   Salmeen, Irving T ^a   Briggs, Linda M ^a  

^a FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic treatment; Automotive; Paints; Scrubbers; Sludge; Solvents; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; PAINT SPRAYING; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; MONOD KINETICS; SPRAY BOOTH SCRUBBERS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

PAINT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; PAINT; REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BIOMASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR;

EID: 0031279554     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X125966     Document Type: Article

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