Biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in a compost biofilter

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 795-801

  Torkian, Ayoob ^a   Dehghanzadeh, Reza ^b   Hakimjavadi, M ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biofilter; Biofiltration; BTEX; Compost; Methanol; Toluene; Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; COMPOSTING; GASES; MICROORGANISMS; POROSITY;

COMPOST BIOFILTERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BULKING AGENT; ETHYLBENZENE; METHANOL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; COMPOSTING; HYDROCARBON; METHANOL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AERATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELIMINATION REACTION; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GAS WASTE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MICROBIAL KINETICS; PACKAGING MATERIAL; POROSITY; STEADY STATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER LOADING; WOOD CHIP;

EID: 0038016783     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.823     Document Type: Article

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