VOC absorption in a countercurrent packed-bed column using water/silicone oil mixtures: Influence of silicone oil volume fraction

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-248

  Dumont, Eric ^a   Darracq, Guillaume ^b,c   Couvert, Annabelle ^b,c   Couriol, Catherine ^b,c   Amrane, Abdeltif ^b,c   Thomas, Diane ^d   Andrès, Yves ^a   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^b,c  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIV RENNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Henry's law constant; Hydrophobic VOC; Mass transfer; Silicone oil; Two phase partitioning bioreactors

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CAPACITY; CALCULATION PROCEDURE; COUNTER CURRENT; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; GAS LIQUIDS; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; HYDROPHOBIC VOC; OIL MIXTURES; PACKED BED COLUMN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL ABSORPTION; SILICONE OIL; TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR;

ABSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; POLLUTION; SILICONES; TITRATION; TOLUENE; VOLUME FRACTION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 79952438018     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.12.073     Document Type: Article

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