Biofiltration of toluene using wood charcoal as the biofilter media

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3947-3951

  Singh, Kiran ^a   Singh, R S ^a   Rai, B N ^a   Upadhyay, S N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Inlet loading rate; Removal efficiency; Toluene; Wood charcoal

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; FILTER MEDIA; GLASS BEAD; LABORATORY SCALE; LOADING RATE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; TOLUENE BIODEGRADATION; TOLUENE VAPORS; WITH INLETS; WOOD CHARCOAL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; CHARCOAL; DEGRADATION; LOADING; REMOVAL; TOLUENE; WOOD;

BIOFILTERS;

CHARCOAL; TOLUENE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; CHARCOAL; FILTER; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; WOOD;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; TOLUENE; WOOD;

CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; REMOVAL; TOLUENE; WOOD;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 76749166144     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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