Simultaneous Treatment of Graywater and Waste Gas in a Biological Trickling Filter

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2096-2103

  McLamore, Eric ^a   Sharvelle, Sybil ^a   Huang, Zhen ^a   Banks, Kathy ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotrickling filter; Graywater; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrification; Sustainable systems

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIFICATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIO-TRICKLING FILTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRICKLING FILTER; DISSOLVED HYDROGEN; GRAYWATER; MICROBIAL SPECIES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL SCHEMES; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS;

GASES;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SURFACTANT;

AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOREACTOR; GAS WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 55749085292     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X266788     Document Type: Article

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