Effect of gas empty bed contact time on performances of various types of rotating drum biofilters for removal of VOCs

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3641-3650

  Yang, Chunping ^a   Suidan, Makram T ^b   Zhu, Xueqing ^b   Kim, Byung J ^c   Zeng, Guangming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Empty bed contact time; Models; Rotating drum biofilters; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; EFFICIENCY; ETHERS; HEXANE; MODELS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONSTANT LOADING; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; LOADING CONDITION; PROCESS SELECTION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROTATING DRUM BIOFILTERS; SATURATION MODEL; TOLUENE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

LOADING;

ETHER; HEXANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOFILTRATION; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 50449104309     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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