Modeling variations of medium porosity in rotating drum biofilter

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-249

  Yang, Chunping ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Yu, Guanlong ^a   Liu, Xianfeng ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofiltration; Biomass accumulation; Modeling; Sponge media; VOC

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FULLERENES; LOADING; MATLAB; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; POROSITY; REMOVAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROTATION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOFILM GROWTHS; BIOFILM THICKNESSES; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CONTACT TIMES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; MATLAB SOFTWARES; MODELING; ORGANIC LOADINGS; POLYURETHANE SPONGES; PORE SCALES; POROSITY VARIATIONS; REACTION MODELS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROTATING DRUMS; SPATIAL CHANGES; SPONGE MEDIA; TOLUENE REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; VARIATIONS OF; VOC;

BIOFILTERS;

TOLUENE;

BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; FILTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 56549095999     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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