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Effect of operating temperature on transient behaviour of a biofilter treating waste-air containing n-butanol vapour during intermittent loading

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Pages 1179-1187 | Received 12 Nov 2014, Accepted 04 Oct 2015, Published online: 23 Nov 2015

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