Effect of surfactant and oil additions in the biodegradation of hexane and toluene vapours in batch tests

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Galindo, H ^a   Revah, S ^b   Cervantes, F J ^a   Arriaga, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

biodegradation; hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOCs); silicone oil; surfactant; two phase system

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SILICONES; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOLUENE; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BATCH TESTS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GASEOUS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBON CONSUMPTION; HYDROPHOBIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS); LIQUID PHASE; LOW RATES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; ORGANIC PHASE; PHASE PARTITION; PLURONICS; SILICONE OIL; SINGLE-PHASE SYSTEMS; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT AND OIL; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS;

EXPERIMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; POLOXAMER; SILICONE OIL; SURFACTANT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALKANE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; MINERALIZATION; OIL; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE; SURFACTANT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 79952557010     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.491132     Document Type: Article

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