Odor and volatile organic compound removal from wastewater treatment plant headworks ventilation air using a biofilter

Water Environment Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 444-454

  Converse, B M ^a   Schroeder, E D ^a   Iranpour, R ^b,d   Cox, H H J ^b   Deshusses, M A ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation   (United States)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

^d Hyperion Treatment Plant   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Headworks; Hydrogen sulfide; Methyl tert butyl ether; Odor; Publicly owned treatment works; Volatile organic compounds; Waste air treatment

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOFILTERS; ETHERS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIDATION; SCRUBBERS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL SCRUBBERS; EMPTY BED RETENTION TIME (EBRT); METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BENZENE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TOLUENE; CARCINOGEN; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

BIOFILTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CHLORINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOREACTOR; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOREACTORS; CARCINOGENS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHYL ETHERS; ODORS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VENTILATION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 1542463898     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143003X141240     Document Type: Article

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