Ammonia removal from a waste air stream using a biotrickling filter packed with polyurethane foam through the SND process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2517-2522

  Moussavi, Gholamreza ^a   Khavanin, Ali ^a   Sharifi, Ali ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Biotrickling filter; Gas stream; Simultaneous nitrification denitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA GAS; AMMONIA REMOVAL; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; EMPTY BED RETENTION TIME; GAS STREAM; GAS STREAMS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; TOTAL NITROGEN; WASTE AIR; WASTE STREAM;

AMMONIA; HYDRAULICS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BIOFILTERS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; FILTER; FOAM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILTER; BIOTRICKLING FILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHY; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYURETHANES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 78650821984     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.047     Document Type: Article

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