Removal of hydrogen sulphide from wastewater and waste gases by biological conversion to elemental sulphur. Colloidal and interfacial aspects of biologically produced sulphur particles

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 389-397

  Janssen, A J H ^a,b   Lettinga, G ^a   De Keizer, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Paques BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Natural gas; Sedimentation; Sulphide; Sulphur; Waste water

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; ELECTROKINETIC CHARGE; STERIC REPULSION; SULFIDE; WASTE GAS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; POLYMER; SULFUR;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GAS WASTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; THIOBACILLUS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0345390248     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(98)00507-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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