Steady-state biofilter performance under non-isothermal conditions

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1040-1046

  Shareefdeen, Z ^a   Shaikh, A A ^b   Ahmed, Adeeb ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Modeling; Non isothermal; Steady state; Temperature effects; Toluene; Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURES; BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FULL-SCALE SYSTEMS; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; MIDDLE EASTS; MODELING; MOISTURE LOSS; NON-ISOTHERMAL; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; NON-ISOTHERMAL MODELS; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; STEADY-STATE; STEADY-STATE MODELS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND REMOVALS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOFILTERS; FULLERENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS TURBINES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOFILTRATION;

EID: 64549094140     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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