Aerobic desulfurization of biogas by acidic biotrickling filtration in a randomly packed reactor

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 280, Issue , 2014, Pages 200-208

  Montebello, Andrea M ^a   Mora, Mabel ^a   López, Luis R ^a   Bezerra, Tercia ^a   Gamisans, Xavier ^b   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Baeza, Mireia ^a   Gabriel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidic conditions; Biotrickling filter; Removal profile; Solid sulfur

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOGAS; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; LOADING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; BIO-TRICKLING FILTERS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; EMPTY BED RESIDENCE TIME; EXTREME CONDITIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS; STEPWISE INCREASE; BIOTRICKLING;

DESULFURIZATION;

BIOGAS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INORGANIC SALT; SULFIDE; SULFUR; BIOFUEL;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; FILTRATION; GAS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; SOLID; STEADY STATE; TIME; TRICKLING FILTER; AEROBIC METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL; PACKED BED REACTOR; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR;

EID: 84906336075     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.07.075     Document Type: Article

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