Biological treatment of waste gas containing mixture of monochlorobenzene (MCB) and benzene in a bench scale biofilter

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5168-5174

  Pandey, R A ^a   Joshi, P R ^a   Mudliar, S N ^a   Deshmukh, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biofilter; Monochlorobenzene; Treatment; Waste gas

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; MONO-CHLOROBENZENE; OPTIMUM LOADING; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT; TREATMENT; WASTE GAS; WOODCHIPS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOSTING; GASES; REMOVAL;

WASTE TREATMENT;

BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGAS; CHLOROBENZENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILTER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS WASTE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD CHIP; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; GAS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZENES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950341101     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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