Periodic operation of biofilters. A concise model and experimental validation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2845-2850

  Chmiel, Klaudia ^a   Konieczny, Agnieszka ^a   Palica, Michał ^a   Jarzebski A B ^a,b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Bioreactors; Environment; Kinetics; Mathematical modelling; Periodic operation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KETONES; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CONCISE MODEL; LINEAR DRIVING FORCE; METHYL-ETHYL-KETONES; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILTRATION; MODEL;

EID: 15944387368     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.12.035     Document Type: Article

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