Performance of a fungal biofilter treating gas-phase solvent mixtures during intermittent loading

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2259-2268

  Moe, William M ^a   Qi, Bing ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Fungi; Paint; Transient loading; VOCs; Waste gas

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; GAS-PHASE SOLVENT MIXTURES; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

2 BUTANONE; HEXANOIC ACID; KETONE DERIVATIVE; METHYLPROPYL KETONE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOFILTER; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOPHIALIA JENSELMEI; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM NYGAMAI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GAS; GAS WASTE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TALAROMYCES; TALAROMYCES FLAVUS; TIME; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

FUNGI;

EID: 2342519365     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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