Interactions of hydrophobic and hydrophilic solvent component degradation in an air-phase biotrickling filter reactor

Environmental Progress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-372

  Paca, Jan ^a   Klapkova, Eva ^a   Halecky, Martin ^a   Jones, Kim ^b   Webster, Todd S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Counter current air water mode of operation; Instability; Mixture of paint solvents; Over loading; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

COUNTER-CURRENT AIR-WATER MODE OF OPERATION; OVER-LOADING; PAINT SOLVENTS; PSEUDO-STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

BIOCATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 33845517836     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10161     Document Type: Article

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