A bioactive foamed emulsion reactor for the treatment of benzene-contaminated air stream

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-226

  Ghorbani Shahna, Farshid ^a   Golbabaei, Faride ^a   Hamedi, Javad ^b   Mahjub, Hossein ^c   Darabi, Hossein Reza ^d   Shahtaheri, Seyed Jamaleddin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Institute of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution control; Benzene; Bioactive foamed reactor; Biodegradation

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; BENZENE CONCENTRATION; BENZENE VAPORS; BIOACTIVE FOAMED REACTOR; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GAS RESIDENCE; GASEOUS PHASE; INLET CONCENTRATION; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; LIQUID PHASE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC PHASE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EMULSIFICATION; LIQUIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; REMOVAL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

BENZENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACTIVE FOAMED REACTOR; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMULSIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77649235918     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-009-0315-z     Document Type: Article

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