Performance of a sulfide-oxidizing expanded-bed reactor supplied with dissolved oxygen

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-40

  Janssen, A J H ^a   Ma, S C ^a   Lens, P ^b   Lettinga, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

biofilm; expanded bed reactor; immobilization; sludge; sulfur; Thiobacilli

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SULFUR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPANDED BED REACTOR; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFUR SLUDGE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACETIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; SULFATE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SLUDGE; THIOBACILLUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031553513     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19970105)53:1<32::aid-bit6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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