Wood bark as packing material in a biofilter used for air treatment

Environmental Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1297-1301

  Andres, Y ^a   Dumont, E ^a   Le Cloirec, P ^a   Ramirez Lopez, E ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Odours; Pine bark; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; EFFICIENCY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; ODORS; POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; METHYL ETHYL KETONES; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PINE BARK; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

BIOFILTERS;

2 BUTANONE; ALCOHOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; ODOR CONTROL; STABILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FILTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BARK; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PINE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 33846142835     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332708618747     Document Type: Article

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