Assessment of process limiting factors during the biofiltration of odorous vocs in a full-scale composting plant

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Prenafeta Boldú, Francesc X ^a   Ortega, Omar ^a   Arimany, Marc ^b   Canalias, Francesc ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b Consorci del Medi Ambient i Salut Pública ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ASSESSMENT OF PROCESS; FULL-SCALE BIOFILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); HYDROPHOBIC PACKING; MULTIVARIATE CORRELATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; BARK; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COMPOSTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIMITING FACTOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; ODOR; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; TOXICITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WOODY DEBRIS;

ADSORPTION; ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; VOC; WATER REPELLENCE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84863463110     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2012.10737028     Document Type: Article

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