Performance of a fungal monolith bioreactor for the removal of styrene from polluted air

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2608-2615

  Rene, Eldon R ^a   López, M Estefania ^a   Veiga, María C ^a   Kennes, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Clogging; Monolith reactor; Sporothrix variecibatus; Transient state operation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS GROWTH; CLOGGING; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; CRITICAL LOAD; CRITICAL LOADING; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; GAS RESIDENCE; GASPHASE; INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE; LIQUID PHASE; LOADING CONDITION; MONOLITH REACTOR; MONOLITH REACTORS; RECOVERY TIME; RESIDENCE TIME; SHOCK LOAD; START-UP PROCESS; STYRENE LOAD; STYRENE REMOVAL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTORS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; STYRENE;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

STYRENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; FUNGUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDENCE TIME;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PRESSURE; SPOROTHRIX; STYRENE; TIME FACTORS;

FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX;

EID: 73749085952     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.060     Document Type: Article

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