Performance of a passively vented field-scale biofilter for the microbial oxidation of landfill methane

Waste Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-407

  Gebert, J ^a   Grongroft A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; GASES; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BIOFILTER SYSTEMS; METHANOTROPHIC ACTIVITIES; NON-OSCILLATING LANDFILL GAS EMISSION;

LAND FILL;

BIOFILTERS; GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

LANDFILL; METHANE; OXIDATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; LANDFILL; LINEAR SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; OSCILLATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FILTRATION; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 32344437927     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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