Application of the off-gas method to the measurement of oxygen transfer in biofilters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 6336-6345

  Gillot, Sylvie ^a   Kies, Fairouz ^a   Amiel, Christophe ^a   Roustan, Michel ^b   Héduit, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

Author keywords

Aeration; Biofilter; Clean water; Oxygen mass transfer; Sulphite oxidation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; COBALT; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OFF-GAS METHOD; STANDARD OXYGEN TRANSFER EFFICIENCY (SOTE); SULPHITES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

BIOREACTORS;

AERATION; BIOFILTER; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 22744434460     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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