Treatment of air polluted with methanol vapours in biofilters with and without percolation

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1911-1918

  Ramirez, Antonio Avalos ^a   Bénard, Sandrine ^b,c,d   Giroir Fendler, Anne ^b,c,d   Peter Jones, J ^a   Heitz, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INST DE RECHERCHES SUR LA CATALYSE   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Biomass; Biotrickling filter; Carbon dioxide; Empty bed residence time; Methanol; Nitrogen concentration

Indexed keywords

BIOTRICKLING FILTER; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS;

AIR FILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANOL; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; SOLVENTS; VAPORS;

BIOFILTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILTER; METHANOL; PERCOLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDENCE TIME;

EID: 72849125696     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-137     Document Type: Article

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