Process Engineering of Biological Waste Gas Purification

Environmental Biotechnology: Concepts and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 409-426

  Waweru, Muthumbi ^a   Herrygers, Veerle ^b   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTEXBEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concepts and applications; Environmental biotechnology; Performance parameters; Process engineering of biological waste gas purification; Process principles; Reactor performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859771098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527604286.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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