Performance of a composite membrane bioreactor for the removal of ethyl acetate from waste air

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8893-8898

  Alvarez Hornos F J ^a   Volckaert, D ^a   Heynderickx, P M ^a   Van Langenhove, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ethyl acetate; Membrane bioreactor; Volatile organic compounds; Waste gas

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; DRY BIOMASS; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; ETHYL ACETATES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; WASTE AIR; WASTE GAS; YIELD COEFFICIENT;

BIOCONVERSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SILICONES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIMETICONE; POLYACRYLONITRILE;

ACETATE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE; DEGRADATION; GAS; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

ACETATES; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80052364704     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.06.064     Document Type: Article

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