Treatment of waste gases contaminated with odorous sulfur compounds

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-117

  Smet, E ^a   Lens, P ^b   Van Langenhove, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emission sources; Odor; Physicochemical and biotechnological treatment technologies; Volatile sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOFILTRATION; ODOR THRESHOLD VALUE; WASTE GASES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ODOR REMOVAL; TOXICITY; TRICKLING FILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

GAS SEPARATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFUR COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOFILTRATION; GAS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031893549     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389891254179     Document Type: Review

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