Experiments and three phase modelling of a biofilter for the removal of toluene and trichloroethylene

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-458

  Das, Chhaya ^a   Chowdhury, Ranjana ^a   Bhattacharya, Pinaki ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Kinetic parameters; Mathematical modelling; Toluene; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ROUTES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS TO LIQUIDS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INLET CONCENTRATION; LIQUID PHASIS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; PARTS PER BILLION; PARTS PER MILLIONS; POLYMER INDUSTRIES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RATE KINETICS; SCALE-UP; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULTANEOUS REACTIONS; STANDARD CORRELATION; THREE PHASE; THREE PHASIS; TRICKLE BED;

ANESTHETICS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC PARAMETERS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIMULATION; VALIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 79956210653     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: 16157605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-010-0487-6     Document Type: Article

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