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Technical Paper

Long-Term Operation of a Biofilter for Simultaneous Removal of H2S and NH3

Heesung Kim Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
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Young Jun Kim Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
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Jong Shik Chung Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Quan Xie School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
Pages 1389-1398 | Published online: 27 Dec 2011

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