A laboratory-scale comparison of compost and sand - Compost - Perlite as methane-oxidizing biofilter media

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-146

  Philopoulos, Andrew ^a   Ruck, Juliane ^a   McCartney, Daryl ^a   Felske, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Landfill cover; Landfill gas; Methane oxidation; Methanotrophs; Wmr 1168 2

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL COVER; LANDFILL GAS; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANOTROPHS; WMR 1168-2;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOSTING; GLOBAL WARMING; GLUCOSE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; SOLID WASTES; SUBSTRATES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FILTRATION; GASES; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 61749093435     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08091555     Document Type: Article

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