Effects of irrigation and water content of packings on alpha-pinene vapours biofiltration performance

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-193

  Bagherpour, Mohammad Bagher ^a,b   Nikazar, Manouchehr ^a   Welander, Ulrika ^b   Bonakdarpour, Babak ^a   Sanati, Mehri ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha pinene; Biofilter; Hydrophobic; Irrigation; Waste gas treatment; Water content

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; PACKING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOFILTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; WATER CONTENT;

BIOFILTERS;

PINENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELIMINATION REACTION; FLOW RATE; GAS; GAS FLOW; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR; VELOCITY; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WOOD;

EID: 19344372012     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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