Enhancing the destruction of hydrophobic VOCs in trickle bed air biofilters

100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association 2007, ACE 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1045-1059

  Hassan, Ashraf Aly ^a   Sorial, George A ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biofilters; Biofiltration; Hydrophobic VOCs; Surfactant; Trickle bed air biofilter

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; HEXANE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EMPTY BED RETENTION TIME; HYDROPHILIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBIC VOCS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TRICKLE BED AIR BIOFILTERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

LOADING;

EID: 44649175000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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