Carbonyl sulfide removal with compost and wood chip biofilters, and in the presence of hydrogen sulfide

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1458-1467

  Sattler, Melanie L ^a   Garrepalli, Divya R ^b   Nawal, Chandraprakash S ^c  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b Camp Dresser and McKee Inc ^*

^c CDM SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESULFURIZATION; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MIXTURES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CARBONYL SULFIDE; CONCENTRATION RATIO; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; MAXIMUM ELIMINATION CAPACITIES; METALS INDUSTRIES; PARTS PER MILLIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

COMPOSTING;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; CARBONYL SULFIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPOST; LABORATORY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOMYCES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WOOD CHIP; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSTING; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MIXTURES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; WASTE WATERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SOIL; SULFUR OXIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WOOD;

EID: 76549106114     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.12.1458     Document Type: Article

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