Enhanced biofilm attachment onto polyurethane foam, packed-bed biotrickling filters for the treatment of odors

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Goncalves, Juan Jose ^a   Govind, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotrickling Filter; Hydrogen Sulfide; Model; Polymer Coating; Polyurethane Foam

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PACKED BEDS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; REMOVAL; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; VOID FRACTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION; WAVE FILTERS;

ACCLIMATIZATION STAGES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AXIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIOTRICKLING FILTER; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIMES; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; INTERFACIAL CONTACTS; LOW DENSITIES; MACROPOROUS; MICROFLORA; POLLUTANT REMOVALS; POLYETHYLENE IMINES; POLYMER COATING; POLYMERIC SOLUTIONS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; POSITIVELY CHARGED; REMOVAL CAPACITIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; START-UP; SYNTHETIC MEDIAS; THEORETICAL MODELS; WATER LAYERS; WATER RETENTION CAPACITIES; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BIOFILTERS;

EID: 57049184043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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