Bioreactors for treatment of VOCs and odours - A review

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1039-1054

  Mudliar, Sandeep ^a   Giri, Balendu ^a   Padoley, Kiran ^a   Satpute, Dewanand ^a   Dixit, Rashmi ^a   Bhatt, Praveena ^a   Pandey, Ram ^a   Juwarkar, Asha ^a   Vaidya, Atul ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH HAZARDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY; AIR TREATMENT PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; CONFIGURATION MECHANISMS; COST EFFECTIVE; ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; IN-CONTROL; ODOROUS COMPOUNDS; ODOUR ABATEMENTS; WASTE AIR TREATMENTS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AERATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ODOR; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC REACTOR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; FILTER REACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROPORE FILTER; MOISTURE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; ODOR CONTROL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SCRUBBER; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77649272431     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.01.006     Document Type: Review

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