A detailed model of a biofilter for ammonia removal: Model parameters analysis and model validation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 205-214

  Baquerizo, Guillermo ^a   Maestre, Juan P ^c   Sakuma, Takeyuki ^b   Deshusses, Marc A ^b   Gamisans, Xavier ^a   Gabriel, David ^c   Lafuente, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Biofilter; Modelling; Nitrification kinetics

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS;

AMMONIA REMOVAL; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; NITRIFICATION KINETICS;

BIOFILTERS;

AMMONIA; BIOFILTER; GAS SEPARATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL;

EID: 27144447701     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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