Biological treatment of mixtures of toluene and n-hexane vapours in a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 617-623

  Zhao, Kang ^a,b   Xiu, Guangli ^a   Xu, Lihang ^a   Zhang, Danian ^a   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^a   Deshusses, Marc A ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution control; biofilter; membrane bioreactor; n hexane; toluene; VOC mixtures

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTORS; FIBERS; MEMBRANES; MIXTURES; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR STREAMS; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOTREATMENTS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; GAS RESIDENCE; GASPHASE; HEXANE REMOVAL; HIGH RATE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; LUMEN VOLUME; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROPOROUS POLYPROPYLENE; N-HEXANE; REMOVAL RATE; SHELL-SIDE; TOLUENE BIODEGRADATION; VOLATILE POLLUTANTS;

HEXANE;

HEXANE; POLYPROPYLENE; TOLUENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTOR; EMISSION CONTROL; FILTER; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; POLLUTANT; VAPOR;

EID: 79958783134     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.507634     Document Type: Article

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