Air flow characteristics in granular biofilter media

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-204

  Andreasen, Rune R ^a   Poulsen, Tjalfe G ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air flow; Filtration; Granular media; Moisture; Permeability; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AIR CLEANING; AIR FLOW; AIR VELOCITIES; BIOFILTER MATERIALS; COST EFFICIENCY; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; FILTER PRESSURE; GRANULAR MEDIA; KEY PARAMETERS; MEAN PARTICLE DIAMETER; OPERATION COST; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; WETTING CONDITIONS;

BIOFILTERS; FILTRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WETTING;

AIR;

AIRFLOW; BIOFILTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRESSURE DROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WETTING;

EID: 84873398230     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000640     Document Type: Article

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