Predicting the accumulation of harmful metabolic byproducts during the treatment of VOC emissions in suspended growth bioreactors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5875-5881

  Bordel, S ^a   Munoz R ^a   Diaz, L F ^a   Villaverde, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; KINETIC MODEL;

METABOLISM;

BENZYL ALCOHOL; GUAIACOL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MASS TRANSPORT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOSTAT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXYGENATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REACTOR OPERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

BENZYL ALCOHOL; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOLUENE; VOLATILIZATION;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 34548058443     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070365k     Document Type: Article

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