Bioremediation of contaminated air using an external-loop airlift bioreactor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 955-962

  Wei, Vicky Q ^a   Hill, Gordona ^a   Macdonald, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bioremediation; External loop airlift bioreactor; Modeling; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; ETHANOL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DYNAMIC BIOKINETIC MODEL; EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS (ELAB); QUASI-STEADY STATE BIOKINETIC MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033216014     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770524     Document Type: Article

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