Treatment of xylene polluted air using press mud-based biofilter

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 981-988

  Saravanan, V ^a   Rajamohan, N ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Gas flowrate; Press mud; Production of carbon dioxide; Xylene

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR FILTERS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; FIRE HAZARDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDES; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); REMOVAL; XYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION RANGING; FILTER MATERIALS; GAS FLOWS; GAS RESIDENCES; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; INLET CONCENTRATIONS; LABORATORY SCALES; MASS RATIOS; MICROBIAL GROWTHS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; PRESS MUD; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; XYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; XYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; GAS FLOW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FILTRATION; SEWAGE; XYLENES;

EID: 57649166208     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.158     Document Type: Article

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