Treatment of Benzene, Toluene and Xylene Contaminated Air in a Bioactive Foam Emulsion Reactor

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

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

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Centre of Health Research   (Iran)

^c Faculty of Science   (Iran)

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

Author keywords

air pollution control; bioactive foamed reactor; biodegradation; BTX

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; BIOACTIVE FOAMED REACTOR; DEVELOPED MODEL; DRIVING FORCES; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS RESIDENCE; INLET CONCENTRATION; INTERFACIAL AREAS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC PHASE; OXYGEN CONTENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EMULSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; REMOVAL; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 77649250000     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60331-6     Document Type: Article

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