Estimation of mass transfer and kinetics in operating trickle-bed bioreactors for removal of VOCs

Environmental Progress

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-92

  Barton, John W ^a   Davison, Brian H ^a   Klasson, K Thomas ^a   Gable III, C Chris ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TRICKLE BED BIOREACTORS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032593348     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.670180212     Document Type: Article

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