Precipitation of heavy metals from landfill leachates by microbially-produced sulphide

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-77

  Moller A ^a   Grahn, A ^b,c   Welander, U ^a  

^a CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

^b Renova AB   (Sweden)

^c Banverket Projektering   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Landfill; Leachate; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; PACKED BEDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; RETENTION TIME; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHIDE PRODUCTIONS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SULFIDE; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; REMEDIATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRECIPITATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SWEDEN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 1542376008     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330409355439     Document Type: Article

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