VOCs removal from waste gases: Gas-phase bioreactor for the abatement of hexane by Aspergillus niger

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 739-746

  Spigno, Giorgia ^a   Pagella, Claudio ^a   Fumi, M Daria ^a   Molteni, Roberto ^a   De Faveri, D Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Environment; Mathematical modelling; Packed bed; Pollution; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CLAY; GASOLINE; POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

WASTE GASES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEXANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOREACTOR; GAS SEPARATION; HEXANE; REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; FILTER REACTOR; GAS WASTE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0037289603     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00603-6     Document Type: Article

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