Treatment of air containing volatile organic carbon: Elimination and post treatment

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1038-1047

  Al Momani, Fares ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Air treatment; Posttreatment; Volatile organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBON; FLOW RATE; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM OXIDES; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GAS PHASE; PHOTO-IRRADIATED; POST TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT WAVELENGTH; WASHING TECHNIQUE; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANICS;

AIR PURIFICATION;

ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; GAS; HUMIDITY; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 35349005245     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0162     Document Type: Article

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