Treatment of dynamic mixture of hexane and benzene vapors in a Trickle Bed Air Biofilter integrated with cyclic adsorption/desorption beds

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-528

  Aly Hassan, Ashraf ^a   Sorial, George A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biodegradation; Biofiltration; Cyclic adsorption desorption bed; Fungi; Trickle Bed Air Biofilter (TBAB)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; EFFICIENCY; FUNGI; HEXANE; INTEGRATED CONTROL; MIXTURES;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; INFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; LOADING PATTERNS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TRICKLE BED AIR BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILTERS;

BENZENE; HEXANE;

ADSORPTION; ALKANE; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; DESORPTION; FUNGUS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; DESORPTION; FILTER REACTOR; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; VAPOR;

FUNGI;

EID: 78650296543     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.060     Document Type: Article

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