Modeling and design of vapor-phase biofiltration for chlorinated volatile organic compounds

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2084-2103

  Den, Walter ^a,b   Pirbazari, Massoud ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VAPOR-PHASE BIOFILTRATION;

BIOFILTERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOFILTRATION; DESIGN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VAPOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; GRANULE CELL; MASS; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0036740881     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480921     Document Type: Article

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