Biofiltration Of a mixture of ethylene, ammonia, n-butanol, and acetone gases

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-377

  Lee, Sang hun ^a   Li, Congna ^a   Heber, Albert J ^a   Ni, Jiqin ^a   Huang, Hong ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biofiltration; Ethylene; Henry's law constant

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOLS; AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOSTING; ETHYLENE; GASES; METHANE; MIXTURES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AMMONIA GAS; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; GAS STREAMS; HENRY'S CONSTANTS; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; N-BUTANOL; POLYURETHANE FOAM; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE AREA; WASTE GAS STREAM; WATER FLOW RATE; WOOD CHIP;

BIOFILTERS;

ACETONE; AMMONIA; BUTANOL; ETHYLENE; METHANE; PERLITE; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; ETHYLENE; FOAM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOST; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STRAW; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

ACETONE; ALCOHOLS; AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; ETHYLENE; FILTRATION; METHANE; MIXTURES; PLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84868314133     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.110     Document Type: Article

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