Transport and fate of nitrogen-containing compounds in gas-phase biofilters: A swing test to mitigate ammonia

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1951-1958

  Yang, L ^a   Wang, X ^a   Funk, T L ^a   Gates, R S ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Biofilter; First order kinetics; Inhibition; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA REMOVAL; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; FREE AMMONIA; GASPHASE; INLET CONCENTRATION; INLET GAS; KINETIC TIME CONSTANT; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; PH VALUE; WOOD CHIP;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILTERS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME INHIBITION; KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOVAL; WOOD PRODUCTS;

NITROGEN;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; BIOFILTRATION; INHIBITION; MASS BALANCE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTION KINETICS;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION; ENZYMES; FILTERS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOVAL; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84872310242     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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