Effect of temperature on the performance of a biofilter inoculated with Pseudomonas putida to treat waste-air containing ethanol

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 922-926

  Lim, Kwang Hee ^a   Park, Sang Won ^a   Lee, Eun Ju ^a  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Ethanol; Optimum Incubation Temperature; Optimum Operating Temperature; Pseudomonas putida; VOC; Waste Air

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644508691     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705676     Document Type: Article

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