Phenomenological model of fungal biofilters for the abatement of hydrophobic VOCs

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1182-1192

  Vergara Fernández, Alberto ^a,b   Hernández, Sergio ^a   Revah, Sergio ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Fungal biofilter; Hexane; Hydrophobic VOCs; Modeling biofilter

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTRATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTS; HEXANE; HYDROPHOBICITY;

FUNGAL BIOFILTER; FUNGAL GROWTHS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HALDANE; HYDROPHOBIC VOCS; KINETIC DATUMS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MAXIMUM ELIMINATION CAPACITIES; MODELING BIOFILTER; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC SURFACES; STATIONARY STATES;

BIOFILTERS;

HEXANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FUSARIUM; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCELIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 56749100390     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21989     Document Type: Article

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