A process to prepare a synthetic filter material containing nutrients for biofiltration

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1927-1933

  Chan, Wu Chung ^a   Lin, Zong Yi ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite bead; Dissolving out; Nutrient; Peat; Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; PEAT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SOLUTIONS;

COMPOSITE BEADS; COMPOSITE BEDS; DISSOLVING OUT; NUTRIENTS;

FILTRATION;

BORIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POTASSIUM NITRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

BIOFILTERS; DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; FILTRATION; PEAT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SOLUTIONS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPOSITE; DISPERSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FILTER; FILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; GROWTH RATE; IMMERSION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BORIC ACIDS; FILTRATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SOLUTIONS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33745218276     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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