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Verification studies of a simplified model for the removal of dichloromethane from waste gases using a biological trickling filter

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    R. M. M. Diks & S. P. P. Ottengraf

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This paper presents the experimental results of an investigation to the biological removal of dichloromethane in a trickling filter. The theoretical analysis of the system has been treated in Part I (published in Vol. 6, No. 3)

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Diks, R.M.M., Ottengraf, S.P.P. Verification studies of a simplified model for the removal of dichloromethane from waste gases using a biological trickling filter. Bioprocess Eng. 6, 131–140 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00369249

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