Removal of toluene vapors using a fungal biofilter under intermittent loading

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-14

  Zamir, Seyed Morteza ^a   Halladj, Rouein ^a   Nasernejad, Bahram ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Compost; Intermittent loading; Phanerochaete chrysosporium; Toluene

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL REACTION; COMPOST; COMPOST BIOFILTERS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; FUNGAL BIOFILTER; FUNGAL SYSTEMS; GAS FLOWRATE; INTERMITTENT LOADING; KINETIC CONSTANT; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOLUENE VAPORS; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOSTING; FUNGI; INLET FLOW; LOADING; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; VAPORS;

TOLUENE;

FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 78651227103     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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