Performance evaluation of packing materials in the removal of hydrogen sulphide in gas-phase biofilters: Polyurethane foam, sugarcane bagasse, and coconut fibre

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-450

  Filho, Jorge Luis Rodrigues Pantoja ^a   Sader, Leandro Takano ^b   Damianovic, Marcia Helena Rissato Zamariolli ^b   Foresti, Eugenio ^a   Silva, Edson Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Coconut fibre; Hydrogen sulphide; Packing material; Polyurethane foam; Sugarcane bagasse

Indexed keywords

COCONUT FIBRES; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE; PACKING MATERIALS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE;

BAGASSE; BIOFILTRATION; DESULFURIZATION; FIBERS; HYDROGEN; REMOVAL; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

BIOFILTERS;

EID: 77949269498     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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