Biofilter media characterization and airflow resistance test

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1127-1136

  Yang, L ^a   Wang, X ^a   Funk, T L ^a   Gates, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Airflow resistance; Biofilter; Media characterization

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW RESISTANCE; BIOFILTER DESIGN; MEDIA CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STANDARD METHOD; TESTING CHAMBER; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN; WOOD MULCH;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSTING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING;

BIOFILTERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; COMPOST; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EQUATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULCH; NITROGEN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAT; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESEARCH WORK; SLUDGE; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 79959787365     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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