A conceptual model for the treatment of ammonia vapors in a biotrickling filter

Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1531-1546

  Sakuma, T ^a,b   Aoki, M ^b   Hattori, T ^b   Gabriel, D ^c   Deshusses, M A ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b Aisin Takaoka Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; BACTERIA INHIBITION; BIOTREATMENT; NITROGEN CYCLES;

BIOFILTERS; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIC ACID; NITRIFICATION; ODOR CONTROL; VAPORS;

AMMONIA;

EID: 18944383048     PISSN: 10526102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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