Biofiltration of mixtures of gas-phase styrene and acetone with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 204-214

  Rene, Eldon R ^a   Špačková, Radka ^a   Veiga, María C ^a   Kennes, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Fibre board industries; Maximum elimination capacity; Sporothrix variecibatus; Styrene acetone mixture; Transient response

Indexed keywords

ACETONE MIXTURE; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; FIBRE-BOARD INDUSTRIES; GAS FLOWRATE; GASPHASE; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; POLLUTANT LOADS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SPOROTHRIX VARIECIBATUS; STYRENE REMOVAL; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

ACETONE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DEGRADATION; GASES; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXTURES; REMOVAL; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

STYRENE;

ACETONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; STYRENE;

ACETONE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GAS FLOW; INOCULATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; GAS FLOW; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX VARIECIBATUS;

ACETONE; BIOFILMS; FILTRATION; GASES; SPOROTHRIX; STYRENE;

FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX;

EID: 77957872387     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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