Hydrogen sulphide adsorption on a waste material used in bioreactors

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Barona, A ^a   Elias A ^a   Amurrio, A ^a   Cano, I ^a   Arias, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Air pollution; Biofilters; Bioreactors; Hydrogen sulphide; Packing material

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WASTES;

BIOFILTER PACKING; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIC BEDS; ORGANIC MATERIALS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOREACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTHERM; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 17444417419     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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