Removal of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in an integrated process coupling absorption and biodegradation-selection of an organic liquid phase

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4969-4997

  Darracq, Guillaume ^a,b   Couvert, Annabelle ^a,b   Couriol, Catherine ^a,b   Amrane, Abdeltif ^a,b   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIV RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Hydrophobic VOC; Ionic liquids; Non Aqueous phase liquid; Silicone oils; Twophase partitioning bioreactor

Indexed keywords

GAS-LIQUID CONTACTORS; HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBIC VOC; INTEGRATED PROCESS; MAIN PARAMETERS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; ORGANIC LIQUID; ORGANIC PHASE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SILICONE OIL; TOXIC EFFECT; TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR;

ABSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; SILICONES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ABSORPTION;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZENE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DIFFUSIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROORGANISM; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MICROORGANISM; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY; TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR; VISCOSITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84867330409     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1251-0     Document Type: Article

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