Toluene vapor remediation in a continuous packed bed loop bioreactor

Environmental Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-241

  Nikakhtari, Hossein ^a   Hill, Gordon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biofilm; Bioremediation; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FULLERENES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; PACKED BEDS; POLLUTION; STAINLESS STEEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR STREAMS; BIO REACTOR; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCES; DILUTION RATES; EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTOR; FED BATCHES; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LOADING RATES; MIXED CULTURES; MODELING; OXYGEN MASS-TRANSFER; PACKED-BED; RISER SECTION; STAINLESS STEEL MESHES;

TOLUENE;

EID: 52649133810     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10253     Document Type: Article

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