Direct treatment of an acidic and high-strength nitrate-polluted wastewater containing heavy metals by using a bio-electrochemical reactor

Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 627-638

  Watanabe, Tomohide ^a   Jin, Hong Wei ^a   Cho, Kyung Jin ^a   Kuroda, Masao ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; HEAVY METALS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS;

DENITRIFICATION RATE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN GAS; METAL PICKLING; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 27144544066     PISSN: 09691855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/apj.5500130512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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