Modeling biooxidation of iron in packed-bed reactor

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-116

  Diz, Harry R ^a   Novak, John T ^b  

^a GANNON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; DRAINAGE; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; POLYSTYRENES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOOXIDATION; HALF-SATURATION CONSTANT; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME (HRT); MONOD KINETICS; PACKED-BED COLUMN REACTORS; VOLUMETRIC CAPACITY CONSTANT;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

IRON; MODELING; OXIDATION; PACKED BED; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0033081591     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1999)125:2(109)     Document Type: Article

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