Evaluation of Indoor Air treatment by two pilot-scale biofilters packed with compost and compost-based material

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2008, Pages 499-508

  Ondarts, M ^a   Hort, C ^a   Platel, V ^a   Sochard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Indoor Air; Model effluent; Sub ppmv level; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 58849134279     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/AIR080511     Document Type: Article

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