The effect of bed properties on methane removal in an aerated biofilter - Model studies

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 903-913

  Pawłowska, Malgorzata ^a   Rozej, Agnieszka ^a   Stepniewski, Witold ^a  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH INCUBATION; EXPANDED PERLITE; FILTER BED MATERIALS; GAS DIFFUSION; HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATE; LABORATORY SCALE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICHAELIS CONSTANTS; MODEL STUDY; MUNICIPAL WASTE COMPOST; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; DIFFUSION; METHANE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER CONTENT;

COMPOSTING;

BENTONITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN; ZEOLITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BENTONITE; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PERLITE; SUBSTRATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOST; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GAS DIFFUSION; LANDFILL; METHANOTROPH; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FILTRATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79952696489     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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