Ultraviolet photooxidation for the biodegradability enhancement of airborne o-xylene

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-286

  Mohseni, Madjid ^a   Koh, Loo Hwa ^b   Kuhn, David C S ^b   Allen, D Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air treatment; Biodegradation; Biofiltration; Hydrogen peroxide; O xylene; Ozone; Photolysis; VOC

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

AIR TREATMENT; BIOFILTRATION; O-XYLENE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

PHOTOOXIDATION;

EID: 27544514410     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/s04-060     Document Type: Article

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