Relationships between biomass, pressure drop, and performance in a polyurethane biofilter

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1745-1751

  Ryu, Hee Wook ^a   Cho, Kyung Suk ^b   Chung, Dong Jin ^a  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Biomass; Clogging; Pressure drop; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOMASS; DROPS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE DROP; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CLOGGING; DRY CELLS; POLYURETHANE BIOFILTERS; REMOVAL RATE;

BIOFILTERS;

BENZENE; POLYURETHAN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BENZENE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOMASS; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77954542159     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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