Biofilter response to upsets in process conditions

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Shareefdeen, Zarook M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

biofilters; dynamic response; mathematical modeling; process upsets; toluene; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FULL-SCALE BIOFILTER; IN-PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MULTICOMPONENT ADSORPTION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OXYGEN LIMITATION; PH DROP; PROCESS EMISSIONS; PROCESS UPSETS;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; OXYGEN; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOFILTRATION;

EID: 77954560746     PISSN: 19342659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1236     Document Type: Article

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