Study on the removal of indoor VOCs using biotechnology

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 204-209

  Lu, Yang ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Lu, Bingnan ^a   Jiang, Anxi ^a   Wan, Chunli ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Indoor air quality; Strain identification; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; ARTHROBACTER SP; BACILLUS SP; BACTERIAL FATTY ACIDS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BAKE-OUT; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; BIOLOGICAL METHODS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; CIVIL BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION OF; GASEOUS FLOW; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; KOCURIA SP; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LIVING STANDARDS; POTENTIAL HARM; PSEUDOMONAS SP; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VOCS REMOVAL;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILTERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FATTY ACIDS; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMOVAL; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; FATTY ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; FATTY ACID; GAS FLOW; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; PSEUDOMONAS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KOCURIA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 77955567560     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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