Treatment of a BTo-X-contaminated gas stream with a biotrickling filter inoculated with microbes bound to a wheat bran/red wood powder/diatomaceous earth carrier

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8067-8073

  Chen, Jian M ^a   Zhu, Run Y ^a   Yang, Wei B ^a   Zhang, L L ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biotrickling filter; BTo X; Inocula; Microbial consortia; Solid carrier

Indexed keywords

BENZENE AND TOLUENE; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GAS STREAMS; INOCULA; LOADING RATE; MASS RATIO; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; O-XYLENE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; START-UPS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISMS; REMOVAL; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BIOFILTERS;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; INFUSORIAL EARTH; ORTHO XYLENE; TOLUENE; 2-XYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; GAS; OXYGEN; POWDER; XYLENE;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIATOM; FILTER; INOCULATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOLUENE; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRICKLING FILTER; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; INOCULATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WHEAT BRAN; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DEVICES; DIETARY FIBER; FILTRATION; GAS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; TIME; WASTE DISPOSAL; WOOD;

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; DIETARY FIBER; FILTRATION; GASES; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; KINETICS; OXYGEN; POWDERS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE; WOOD; XYLENES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954539491     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.096     Document Type: Article

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