Performance and macrokinetic analysis of biofiltration of toluene and p-xylene mixtures in a conventional biofilter packed with inert material

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7657-7665

  Gallastegui, G ^a,b   Avalos Ramirez A ^b,c   Elias A ^a   Jones, J P ^b   Heitz, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Carbon balance; Macrokinetic; Specific growth rate; VOC mixture

Indexed keywords

AIR TREATMENT; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CARBON BALANCE; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; ENHANCING EFFECT; FILTER MEDIA; HALDANE-TYPE MODELS; INERT MATERIALS; MACROKINETIC; MICHAELIS-MENTEN; P-XYLENE; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; TOLUENE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXTURES; TOLUENE;

XYLENE;

PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON BALANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; FILTRATION; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 79960844498     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.054     Document Type: Article

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