A comparative study for destruction of hydrophobic VOCs in trickle bed air biofilters

Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 310-320

  Hassan, Ashraf Aly ^a   Sorial, George A ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Hydrophobic Compound; n Hexane; Trickle Bed Air Biofilter; Volatile Organic Compound

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449398001     PISSN: 10526102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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