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Theoretical and experimental study of the processes of water purification in a biofilter

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This paper presents the results of experimental measurements of substrate concentrations characterizing the efficiency of polluted water purification by a drop biofilter. A model describing the process of purification based on the diffusion-kinetic approach is presented. A good agreement between the experimental and theoretically calculated characteristics of the purification process has been shown. A simple semiempirical relation for estimating the operation of the drop biofilter is given.

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  1. Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Erlangen, D-91052, Germany

    I. G. Dueck

  2. Tomsk University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    S. V. Pyl’nik

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 82, No. 2, pp. 273–282, March–April, 2009.

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Dueck, I.G., Pyl’nik, S.V. Theoretical and experimental study of the processes of water purification in a biofilter. J Eng Phys Thermophy 82, 267–276 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-009-0197-6

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