Two-stage biofilter for effective NH3 Removal from Waste Gases Containing High Concentrations of H2S

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-347

  Chung, Ying Chien ^a   Ho, Kuo Ling ^b   Tseng, Ching Ping ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; SULFITE; ACTIVATED CARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PRESSURE; THIOBACILLUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILTER; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOISTURE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PRESSURE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; SULFITES; THIOBACILLUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADABILITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; DEGRADATION RATE; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

BIOFILTERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

EID: 33947693252     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2007.10465332     Document Type: Article

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