Performance evaluation of a biotrickling filter treating a mixture of oxygenated VOCs during intermittent loading

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1533-1539

  Sempere, Feliu ^a   Gabaldón, Carmen ^a   Martínez Soria, Vicente ^a   Marzal, Paula ^a   Penya roja, Josep M ^a   Javier Alvarez Hornos F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotrickling filter; Ethanol; Ethyl acetate; Intermittent loading; Methyl ethyl ketone; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BIOTRICKLING FILTER; ETHYL ACETATE; INTERMITTENT-LOADING; METHYL-ETHYL KETONE; STARVATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DROPS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE DROP; REMOVAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WAVE FILTERS;

BIOFILTERS;

2 BUTANONE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; POLYPROPYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; STARVATION;

ACETATES; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BUTANONES; ETHANOL; FILTRATION; OXYGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 55349124363     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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