Removal of toluene in gas streams by a fibrous-bed trickling filter

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-46

  Tseng, D H ^a   Guo, G L ^a   Chang, C H ^a   Huang, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fibrous bed; Pseudomonas putida F1; Toluene; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFICIENCY; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); TOLUENE;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; FIBROUS-BED; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA F1; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TRICKLING FILTER;

LOADING;

CARBON; TOLUENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; FIBROUS FILTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRICKLING FILTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; KINETICS; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRICKLING FILTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

AIR FILTRATION; AIR POLLUTION; FILTER FABRIC; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034745629     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332208618312     Document Type: Article

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