Waste gas treatment in bioreactors: Environmental engineering aspects

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1887-1894

  Kennes, Christian ^a   Montes, María ^a   Estefania Lopez M ^a   Veiga, María C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Air diffusion; Air pollution; Biofilter; Bioscrubber; Membrane bioreactor; Partitioning; Rotating biological contactor; Suspended growth bioreactor; Trickling filter; Two liquid phase

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOSCRUBBERS; LIQUID PHASE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; SUSPENDED-GROWTH BIOREACTOR; TRICKLING FILTER;

AIR; AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; LIQUIDS; ROTATION; SCRUBBERS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOFILTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOREACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FILTER; GAS; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 72849120131     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-113     Document Type: Article

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