Winter operation of biofilters for hydrogen sulphide removal

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shareefdeen, Zarook M ^a   Hashim, Mohd Ali ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Heat effects and winter operation; Hydrogen sulphide

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ODOR REMOVAL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOFILTRATION PROCESS; CORROSIVE CHEMICALS; H2S REMOVAL; MOISTURE CONDENSATION; PULP AND PAPER; STEAM ADDITION; WINTER OPERATIONS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 72049095603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1972     Document Type: Article

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