Removal of complex mixtures of VOC (thinner) from waste air and establishment of the evolution of microbial consortium during biofiltration process

Advances in Air Pollution

Volumn 10, Issue , 2001, Pages 355-364

  Conde, E ^a   Alba, J ^a   Lopez E ^a   Perez Guevara F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIFFUSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE; YEAST;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOTIC PROCESSES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM;

FILTRATION;

EID: 3042631897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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