Removing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from a printed circuit board manufacturing facility using pilot- and commercial-scale biofilters

Environmental Progress

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 196-201

  Shareefdeen, Zarook ^a   Herner, Brian ^a   Webb, Derek ^a   Polenek, Sophia ^a   Wilson, Steve ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; ETHERS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MASKS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

COMMERCIAL SCALE BIOFILTERS; LABORATORY PILOT TESTS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOMETHYL ETHER ACETATE;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036806494     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.670210317     Document Type: Article

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