Construction and economics of a pilot/full-scale biological trickling filter reactor for the removal of volatile organic compounds from polluted air

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1947-1956

  Deshusses, Marc A ^a   Webster, Todd S ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b The Shaw Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COSTS; PILOT PLANTS; TRICKLING FILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOTRICKLING FILTERS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOREACTOR; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034322758     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464220     Document Type: Article

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