Treatment of H2S using a horizontal biotrickling filter based on biological activated carbon: Reactor setup and performance evaluation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Duan, Huiqi ^a   Koe, Lawrence Choon Chiaw ^a   Yan, Rong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PH EFFECTS; SULFATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CARBON ADSORPTION; GAS RETENTION TIME (GRT); HORIZONTAL BIOTRICKLING FILTERS (HBF); SULFIDE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; CARBON; SULFATE;

FILTRATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACIDITY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PH; VOLUMETRY; AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE; SULFATES;

EID: 17444399659     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1771-7     Document Type: Article

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