Desulfurization of Biogas in Biotrickling Filters

Air Pollution Prevention and Control: Bioreactors and Bioenergy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 513-523

  Gabriel, David ^a   Deshusses, Marc A ^b   Gamisans, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotrickling filter performance; Economical analysis; Microbiology; Operational design challenges; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886643134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118523360.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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