Effects of nitrogen source, empty bed residence time and inlet concentration on biofilter removal of chlorobenzene

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-115

  Wang, Can ^a   Xi, Jin Ying ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Chlorobenzene; Operating parameters; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBENZENE; CONCENTRATION OF; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; GASEOUS CHLOROBENZENE; HALDANE EQUATIONS; INLET CONCENTRATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITROGEN SOURCES; NITROGEN SUPPLY; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SUBSTRATE INHIBITION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHLOROBENZENE; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; CHLOROBENZENE; FILTER; NITROGEN; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; REACTOR OPERATION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 66449093991     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800006     Document Type: Article

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