Retrofitting of an industrial chemical scrubber into a biotrickling filter: Performance at a gas contact time below 1 s

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Prado, Óscar Jesús ^a   Redondo, Rosa María ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Gabriel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abatement and removal; Ammonia; Biological treatment; Chemical treatment; Odors; Residence time; Volatile organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHEMICAL TREATMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

AIR FILTERS; AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ODORS; RETROFITTING; SCRUBBERS; SEWAGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTOR; FILTER; GAS FLOW; INOCULATION; ODOR; PH; PRESSURE DROP; SLUDGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER;

EID: 65249185567     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000013     Document Type: Article

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