Biofilter in Water and Wastewater Treatment

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1054-1065

  Chaudhary, Durgananda Singh ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Shim, Wang Geun ^b   Moon, Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Biomass; Organics; Wastewater; Water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINE; DIFFUSION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; POROSITY; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); ORGANICS;

BIOFILTERS;

EID: 0442279508     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02706936     Document Type: Article

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