Treatment of paint spray booth off-gases in a fungal biofilter

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-189

  Qi, Bing ^a   Moe, William M ^a   Kinney, Kerry A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biodegradation; Biofilm; Microbes; Painting; Volatile organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PAINT; POLYURETHANES; SPRAYING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME (EBRT); GAS STREAMS; HUMIDIFICATION; POLYURETHANE FOAM;

BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILTER; EMISSION; FUNGUS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRICKLING FILTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; EXOPHIALA; FONSECAEA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM NYGAMAI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; TALAROMYCES; TALAROMYCES FLAVUS;

EID: 13244270016     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:2(180)     Document Type: Article

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