As;Traitement de l'air par biofiltration Hasnaa Jorio et Michèle Heitz

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 402-424

  Jorio, H ^a   Heitz, M ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences Appliquées   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biofilter; Humidity; Kinetics; Modeling; Nutrients; Oxygen; pH; Temperature; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODEGRADATION; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOFILTRATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOFILTRATION;

AIR; BIODEGRADATION; FILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 0032637402     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l99-001     Document Type: Article

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