The use of pine bark and natural zeolite as biofilter media to remove animal rendering process odours

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1461-1469

  Luo, J ^a   Lindsey, S ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal rendering; Biofilters; Odour; Olfactometry; Pine bark; Smoke

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTERS; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; SMOKE; ZEOLITES;

ANIMAL RENDERING; ODOUR; OLFACTOMETRY; PINE BARK;

BARK STRIPPING;

ZEOLITE;

BARK STRIPPING; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTERS; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; SMOKE; ZEOLITES;

BARK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXHAUST EMISSION; ODOR; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ZEOLITE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOFILTER; DILUTION; EXHAUST GAS; ODOR CONTROL; OLFACTOMETRY; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE;

ABATTOIRS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ODORS; PINUS; POROSITY; SMOKE; ULTRAFILTRATION; ZEOLITES;

BARK; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; SMOKE; ZEOLITES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646776807     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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