Biological treatment of H2S using pellet activated carbon as a carrier of microorganisms in a biofilter

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2629-2636

  Duan, Huiqi ^a   Koe, Lawrence C C ^a   Yan, Rong ^b   Chen, Xiaoge ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Innovation Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Biofilter; Biological activated carbon; Hydrogen sulfide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA IMMOBILIZATIONS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON (BAC); GAS RETENTION TIME (GRT);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROORGANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746220384     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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