Increased biofilm activity in BGAC reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1042-1047

  Herzberg, Moshe ^a   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^a   Green, Michal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Atrazine; Biodegradation; Biofilm; GAC

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DESORPTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

ATRAZINE DEGRADATION; BIOFILM GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBONS (BGAC) REACTORS; GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBONS (GAC); NONADSORBING CARBONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

REACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 15944367738     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10367     Document Type: Article

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