Biofiltration of Hexane Vapor: Experimental and Neural Model Analysis

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 813-819

  Zamir, Morteza ^a   Halladj, Rouein ^a   Saber, Mohammad ^b   Ferdowsi, Milad ^a   Nasernejad, Bahram ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Biofilter; Hexane; Removal efficiency; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOFILTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80052942201     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000525     Document Type: Article

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